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  • The Vietnam War 1956–1975

    by Andrew Wiest ...
    Series series Guide to...
    In this concise introduction, now in e-guide format, leading Vietnam War historian Dr Andrew Wiest provides a concise overview of America's most divisive war.America entered the Vietnam War certain of its Cold War doctrines and convinced of its moral mission to save the world from the advance of communism. However, the war was not at all what the United States expected. Dr Andrew Wiest examines ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • The Boys of ’67

    Charlie Company’s War in Vietnam

    by Andrew Wiest ...
    Following on from the stunning success of the novel Matterhorn as well as Osprey's own Tonight We Die as Men, this book follows the trials and tribulations of a group of Vietnam draftees from basic training to the rice paddies of Vietnam.In the spring of 1966 the Vietnam War was intensifying, driven by the US military build up, under which the 9th Infantry Division was reactivated. Charlie Company ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Dogwood

    A National Guard unit's war in Iraq

    by Andrew Wiest ...
    This is an unsparing account of the sharp end of war written by one of the finest military historians of his generation.Andrew Wiest, author of the bestselling Boys of '67, traces the experience of the 150th Combat Engineers of the Mississippi National Guard in their 2005 tour of duty in Iraq, centered on the forward operating base Dogwood. Comprising youth hoping to attain a way out of grinding ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Illustrated History of World War I

    The Battles, Personalities, Events and Key Weapons From All Fronts In The First World War 1914-18

    by Professor Andrew Wiest ...
    The first truly total war, the ‘war to end all wars’, shocked the world with its scale and brutality. Men from both sides went to war in August 1914 expecting to be home by Christmas, but on the Western and Italian Fronts troops became locked in a grim stalemate of trench warfare. For the first time, advances in both agricultural and industrial production had made it possible to equip and sustain ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Charlie Company's Journey Home

    The Forgotten Impact on the Wives of Vietnam Veterans

    by Andrew Wiest ...
    Using countless interviews as well as original diaries and letters, Andrew Wiest lays bare the horror of the Vietnam War for those left behind and the enduring battles they must continue to fight long after their loved ones have returned home.The human experience of the Vietnam War is almost impossible to grasp – the camaraderie, the fear, the smell, the pain. Men were transformed into soldiers, ... Read more

    $16.09 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    Dogwood

    A National Guard unit's war in Iraq

    by Andrew Wiest ...
    Narrated by Eric Meyers ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 19 min

    Bloomsbury presents Dogwood: A National Guard Unit's War in Iraq by Andrew Wiest, read by Eric Meyers.This is an unsparing account of the sharp end of war written by one of the finest military historians of his generation.Andrew Wiest, author of the bestselling Boys of ’67, traces the experience of the 150th Combat Engineers of the Mississippi National Guard in their 2005 tour of duty in Iraq, ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Charlie Company Journeys Home

    The Forgotten Impact on the Wives of Vietnam Veterans

    by Andrew Wiest ...
    Using countless interviews as well as original diaries and letters, Andrew Wiest lays bare the horror of the Vietnam War for those left behind and the enduring battles they must continue to fight long after their loved ones have returned home.The human experience of the Vietnam War is almost impossible to grasp – the camaraderie, the fear, the smell, the pain. Men were transformed into soldiers, ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land

    The Vietnam War Revisited

    by Andrew Wiest ...
    Fifteen renowned authors from widely varied backgrounds examine the Vietnam War, providing a fresh insight into this controversial conflict, even for those who have 'read it all before'.“This is a superb and compelling reexamination of the major historical, political, and ethical issues that continue to smoulder many decades after the conclusion of the Vietnam War, I highly recommend Rolling ... Read more

    $9.69 USD

  • Vietnam's Forgotten Army

    Heroism and Betrayal in the ARVN

    by Andrew Wiest ...
    2009 Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award for BiographyExamines South Vietnam’s complex relationship with the United States through the stories of two Vietnamese soldiers' diverging pathsVietnam’s Forgotten Army: Heroism and Betrayal in the ARVN chronicles the lives of Pham Van Dinh and Tran Ngoc Hue, two of the brightest young stars in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Haig

    by Andrew Wiest ...
    For years, Douglas Haig has been considered perhaps the most controversial military leader in British history. Today his career is at the center of a swirling historiographical debate concerning the nature of the First World War. The traditional school contends that Haig, like the majority of generals from both sides, were overmatched, hidebound relics of a bygone military age who could not come ... Read more

    $12.95 USD

  • The Vietnam War

    1956–75

    by Andrew Wiest ...
    Series series Essential Histories
    In this fully illustrated introduction, leading Vietnam War historian Dr Andrew Wiest provides a concise overview of America's most divisive war.America entered the Vietnam War certain of its Cold War doctrines and convinced of its moral mission to save the world from the advance of communism. However, the war was not at all what the United States expected. Dr Andrew Wiest examines how, ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Western Front 1917–1918

    From Vimy Ridge to Amiens and the Armistice

    by Professor Andrew Wiest ...
    Series series History of WWI
    The History of World War I series recounts the battles and campaigns that took place during the 'Great War'. From the Falkland Islands to the lakes of Africa, across the Eastern and Western Fronts, to the former German colonies in the Pacific, the World War I series provides a six-volume history of the battles and campaigns that raged on land, at sea and in the air.Following the climactic battles ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus