03640nam 2200817 450 991082225070332120230721043756.00-8147-9745-810.18574/nyu/9780814797457(CKB)3790000000016427(EBL)866136(OCoLC)913796841(SSID)ssj0000267479(PQKBManifestationID)11204823(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000267479(PQKBWorkID)10334234(PQKB)10234353(MiAaPQ)EBC866136(DE-B1597)547171(DE-B1597)9780814797457(EXLCZ)99379000000001642720190111d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVietnam's forgotten army heroism and betrayal in the ARVN /Andrew WiestNew York ;London :New York University Press,[2008]©20081 online resource (368 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-9467-X Includes bibliographical references and index.""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, 1963â€?1966""; ""3 Fighting Two Wars: Years of Attrition and Pacification, 1966â€?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, 1969â€?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""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 years of captivity, Dinh surrendered and defected to the enemy, forVietnam War, 1961-1975BiographyVietnam War, 1961-1975HISTORY / Military / Vietnam WarbisacshVietnam (Republic)OfficersARVN.Army.Betrayal.Dinh.Forgotten.Heroism.Hue.Ngoc.Pham.Republic.Tran.Vietnam.Vietnams.brightest.chronicles.lives.stars.young.Vietnam War, 1961-1975Vietnam War, 1961-1975.HISTORY / Military / Vietnam War.959.7043320922Wiest Andrew A.749407MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822250703321Vietnam's forgotten army2343195UNINA