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Wiest Andrew A. |
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Vietnam's forgotten army : heroism and betrayal in the ARVN / / Andrew Wiest |
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New York ; ; London : , : New York University Press, , [2008] |
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©2008 |
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1 online resource (368 p.) |
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Electronic books. |
Vietnam (Republic) Officers |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Foreword by James Webb""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: Welcome to Vietnam""; ""1 Coming of Age in a Time of War""; ""2 A War Transformed: Battle, Politics, and the Americanization of the War, 1963�1966""; ""3 Fighting Two Wars: Years of Attrition and Pacification, 1966�1967""; ""4 A Time for Heroes: The Tet Offensive""; ""5 After Tet: The Year of Hope""; ""6 Hamburger Hill: The Untold Story of the Battle for Dong Ap Bia""; ""7 A War Transformed: Vietnamization, 1969�1970"" |
""8 Shattered Lives and Broken Dreams: Operation Lam Son 719""""9 The Making of a Traitor""; ""10 Journeys Home: Life in the Wake of a Lost War""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Author"" |
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2009 Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award for Biography Vietnam'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). Both men fought with valor in a war that seemed to have no end, exemplifying ARVN bravery and determination that is largely forgotten or ignored in the West. However, while Hue fought until he was captured by the North Vietnamese Army and then endured thirteen |
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years of captivity, Dinh surrendered and defected to the enemy, for |
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UNINA9910149458003321 |
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Autore |
Kelty Matthew |
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Gethsemani homilies / / by Matthew Kelty ; edited with an introduction by William O. Paulsell |
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Cistercian Publications ; ; Liturgical Press : , : Collegeville, Minnesota, , 2010 |
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©2010 |
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[Revised and enlarged edition.] |
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1 online resource (183 pages) |
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Monastic Wisdom Series ; ; Number 24 |
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William of St. Thierry, the nature of the body and soul.--The letter of Isaac of Stella on the soul.--Treatise on the spirit and the soul. |
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UNINA990008953370403321 |
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Economic analysis : (Abingdon. Print) |
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