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Black April

The Fall of South Vietnam, 1973-75

by George J Veith ...

The defeat of South Vietnam was arguably America’s worst foreign policy disaster of the 20th Century. Yet a complete understanding of the endgame-from the 27 January 1973 signing of the Paris Peace Accords to South Vietnam’s surrender on 30 April 1975-has eluded us.Black April addresses that deficit. A culmination of exhaustive research in three distinct areas: primary source documents from ... Read more

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The defeat of South Vietnam was arguably America’s worst foreign policy disaster of the 20th Century. Yet a complete understanding of the endgame-from the 27 January 1973 signing of the Paris Peace Accords to South Vietnam’s surrender on 30 April 1975-has eluded us.Black April addresses that deficit. A culmination of exhaustive research in three distinct areas: primary source documents from
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Drawn Swords in a Distant Land

South Vietnam's Shattered Dreams

by George J. Veith ...

Drawn Swords in a Distant Land showcases the fascinating, untold story of the rise and fall of the Republic of Vietnam. Putting aside outdated ideological debates, it offers the first in-depth review of the South Vietnamese successes and failures in building and defending their state.Drawn Swords highlights the career of President Nguyen Van Thieu, who in many ways embodied the hopes, dreams, and ... Read more

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Drawn Swords in a Distant Land showcases the fascinating, untold story of the rise and fall of the Republic of Vietnam. Putting aside outdated ideological debates, it offers the first in-depth review of the South Vietnamese successes and failures in building and defending their state.Drawn Swords highlights the career of President Nguyen Van Thieu, who in many ways embodied the hopes, dreams, and
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Republican Vietnam, 1963–1975

War, Society, Diaspora

by Trinh M. Luu, Tuong Vu, Dr. David L. Prentice, Dr. George J. Veith, Dr. Cam Hoang Thanh, Dr. Thị Hồng Hà Phạm, Dr. Thùy Dung Trương, Dr. Adrienne Minh-Châu Lê, Professor Wynn Gadkar-Wilcox0, Dr. Jason Gibbs1, Dr. Tuan Hoang2, Dr. Vinh Phu Pham3, Dr. Phạm Vũ Lan Anh4 ...

Series series Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
English-language scholarship all too often dismisses South Vietnam as an American creation, a product of US imperialism. Republican Vietnam, 1963–1975 boldly upends this depiction, exposing a diverse and dynamic portrait of the Second Republic. In twelve essays, each based on original archival research, the volume brings to life the Second Republic in all its complexities, displaying how ... Read more

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English-language scholarship all too often dismisses South Vietnam as an American creation, a product of US imperialism. Republican Vietnam, 1963–1975 boldly upends this depiction, exposing a diverse and dynamic portrait of the Second Republic. In twelve essays, each based on original archival research, the volume brings to life the Second Republic in all its complexities, displaying how
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Black April

The Fall of South Vietnam, 1973-75

by George J. Veith ...

Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner ...

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22 hours 39 min

The defeat of South Vietnam was arguably America's worst foreign policy disaster of the twentieth century. Yet a complete understanding of the endgame—from the January 27, 1973 signing of the Paris Peace Accords to South Vietnam's surrender on April 30, 1975—has eluded us.Black April addresses that deficit. A culmination of exhaustive research in three distinct areas: primary source documents from ... Read more

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The defeat of South Vietnam was arguably America's worst foreign policy disaster of the twentieth century. Yet a complete understanding of the endgame—from the January 27, 1973 signing of the Paris Peace Accords to South Vietnam's surrender on April 30, 1975—has eluded us.Black April addresses that deficit. A culmination of exhaustive research in three distinct areas: primary source documents from
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Enemies

A History of the FBI

by Tim Weiner ...

Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki ...

Unabridged

18 hours 32 min

“Turns the long history of the FBI into a story that is as compelling, and important, as today’s headlines.”—Jeffrey Toobin, author of American HeiressNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The Washington Post, New York Daily News, and SlateEnemies is the first definitive history of the FBI’s secret intelligence operations, from an author whose work on the Pentagon and t. ... Read more

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“Turns the long history of the FBI into a story that is as compelling, and important, as today’s headlines.”—Jeffrey Toobin, author of American HeiressNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The Washington Post, New York Daily News, and SlateEnemies is the first definitive history of the FBI’s secret intelligence operations, from an author whose work on the Pentagon and t.
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The Way of the Knife

The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth

by Mark Mazzetti ...

Narrated by Richard Ferrone ...

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11 hours 43 min

New York Times journalist Mark Mazzetti has won numerous awards, including a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting. In The Way of the Knife, Mazzetti offers a riveting account of how the CIA and special ops forces have been transformed to accommodate the new American way of war. From killer drones to clandestine spy networks, today's non-battlefield methods of fighting are no longer bound by ... Read more

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New York Times journalist Mark Mazzetti has won numerous awards, including a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting. In The Way of the Knife, Mazzetti offers a riveting account of how the CIA and special ops forces have been transformed to accommodate the new American way of war. From killer drones to clandestine spy networks, today's non-battlefield methods of fighting are no longer bound by
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The Fifties

by David Halberstam ...

Narrated by Robertson Dean ...

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34 hours 44 min

The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. Halberstam offers portraits of not only the titans of the age: Eisenhower Dulles, Oppenheimer, MacArthur, Hoover, and Nixon, but also of Harley Earl, who put fins on cars; Dick and Mac McDonald and Ray Kroc, who mass-produced the ... Read more

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The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. Halberstam offers portraits of not only the titans of the age: Eisenhower Dulles, Oppenheimer, MacArthur, Hoover, and Nixon, but also of Harley Earl, who put fins on cars; Dick and Mac McDonald and Ray Kroc, who mass-produced the
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Mossad

The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

by Michael Bar-Zohar, Nissim Mishal ...

Narrated by Benjamin Isaac ...

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14 hours 34 min

The Mossad is widely recognized today as the best intelligence service in the world. It is also the most enigmatic, shrouded in secrecy. In Mossad, authors Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal take us behind the closed curtain with riveting, eye-opening, boots-on-the-ground accounts of the most dangerous, most crucial missions in the agency's sixty-year history. These are real Mission: Impossible ... Read more

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The Mossad is widely recognized today as the best intelligence service in the world. It is also the most enigmatic, shrouded in secrecy. In Mossad, authors Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal take us behind the closed curtain with riveting, eye-opening, boots-on-the-ground accounts of the most dangerous, most crucial missions in the agency's sixty-year history. These are real Mission: Impossible
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A Bright Shining Lie

John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

by Neil Sheehan ...

One of the most acclaimed books of our time—the definitive Vietnam War exposé and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.When he came to Vietnam in 1962, Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann was the one clear-sighted participant in an enterprise riddled with arrogance and self-deception, a charismatic soldier who put his life and career on the line in an attempt to convince his ... Read more

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One of the most acclaimed books of our time—the definitive Vietnam War exposé and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.When he came to Vietnam in 1962, Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann was the one clear-sighted participant in an enterprise riddled with arrogance and self-deception, a charismatic soldier who put his life and career on the line in an attempt to convince his
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Fire in the Lake

The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam

by Frances FitzGerald ...

A "compassionate and penetrating" landmark history of Vietnam and the Vietnam War ( New York Times Book Review)."Fitzgerald's Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning study of the Vietnam War remains essential reading thirty years after its initial publication." — Library JournalThis magisterial work, based on Frances FitzGerald's many years of research and travels, takes us inside the ... Read more

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A "compassionate and penetrating" landmark history of Vietnam and the Vietnam War ( New York Times Book Review)."Fitzgerald's Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning study of the Vietnam War remains essential reading thirty years after its initial publication." — Library JournalThis magisterial work, based on Frances FitzGerald's many years of research and travels, takes us inside the
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The Tunnels of Cu Chi

A Harrowing Account of America's Tunnel Rats in the Underground Battlefields of Vietnam

by Tom Mangold ...

At the height of the Vietnam conflict, a complex system of secret underground tunnels sprawled from Cu Chi Province to the edge of Saigon. In these burrows, the Viet Cong cached their weapons, tended their wounded, and prepared to strike. They had only one enemy: U.S. soldiers small and wiry enough to maneuver through the guerrillas’ narrow domain.The brave souls who descended into these hellholes ... Read more

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At the height of the Vietnam conflict, a complex system of secret underground tunnels sprawled from Cu Chi Province to the edge of Saigon. In these burrows, the Viet Cong cached their weapons, tended their wounded, and prepared to strike. They had only one enemy: U.S. soldiers small and wiry enough to maneuver through the guerrillas’ narrow domain.The brave souls who descended into these hellholes
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The Vietnam War

by Chris McNab, Professor Andrew Wiest ...

Series series Military Classics
The Vietnam War is a timely account of the 6,000-day conflict in Southeast Asia. The book begins with the history of South East Asia during World War II, before discussing the French involvement in the First Indochina War, and the subsequent drawing-in of the United States and its allies, Australia and South Korea. The repercussions of this bitter, tragic and costly conflict were far-reaching, for ... Read more

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The Vietnam War is a timely account of the 6,000-day conflict in Southeast Asia. The book begins with the history of South East Asia during World War II, before discussing the French involvement in the First Indochina War, and the subsequent drawing-in of the United States and its allies, Australia and South Korea. The repercussions of this bitter, tragic and costly conflict were far-reaching, for
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