Fighting in Vietnam The Experience of the Us Soldier

Informationen zum Autor By James Westheider Klappentext Stories of the men and women who served during the Vietnam War in active combat or in support roles overseas and stateside Wide range of topics, including combat, life in camp, food, R&R, the draft, the antiwar movement, and more Based on primary sources Timeline puts dates and events in better perspective Comprehensive bibliography for further reading Zusammenfassung More than 3 million Americans served in the Vietnam War. By the war's end! 58!193 soldiers were killed! 61% of whom were aged 21 or under. More than 150!000 were wounded! and at least 21!000 were permanently disabled. In the post-war era! Americans struggled to absorb the lessons of the military intervention.

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• Autori: James Westheider, James E. Westheider, James Edward Westheider
• Editore: Stackpole Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 15.06.2011
• Categoria: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Politica e sua amministrazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > XX° secolo (fino al 1945)
• EAN: 9780811708319
• ISBN: 978-0-8117-0831-9
• Numero di pagine: 272
• Serie: Stackpole Military History Series; Stackpole Military History; Stackpole Military History Series; Stackpole Military History
• Categorie: Vietnam; History - Military / War; HISTORY / Military / United States; HISTORY / Military / Vietnam War; Periode des Vietnamkrieges (ca. 1955 bis ca. 1975)