Three are novels, two of which were written by vietnam war veterans. More than 60 international architects, engineers and staff work closely on cultural, residential and commercial projects worldwide. Its extraordinarily wellreported and written, and filled with memorable photographs and illustrationsa reminder that the war was, perhaps for. He has drawn on recently released documents and secret white house tapes to bring the architects of the war and the events of that time into sharp focus. In after vietnam four distinguished scholars focus on different elements of the wars legacy, while one of the major architects of the conflict, former defense secretary robert s. About vtn architects vo trong nghia architects founded in 2006, vtn architects vo trong nghia architects is a leading architectural practice in vietnam with offices in ho chi minh city and hanoi. Purchasing these books through the book depository is a great way for you to save money, while supporting alpha history. Mcnamara, contributes a final chapter pondering foreign policy issues of the twenty. He played a major role in escalating the united states involvement in the vietnam war.
In sharp contrast, graham devoted dozens of righteous pages to vilifying post press operators who went on strike in 1975. The vietnam war mentions lost opportunities and hints at contradictions between stated and unstated aims, but on the whole it internalizes the cold war idiom of fighting for democracy and containing communism. Johnson, author of combat trauma a personal look at longterm consequences, discusses his book about post traumatic stress disorder, his background as a chaplain in vietnam 196768, and his experiences in discovering his own ptsd in 2003. There is catch22, and slaughterhouse five, and these are classics to be sure.
The controversial architect of the vietnam war historynet. Readers weighed in on the best books about the vietnam war. All products from architects of war noble knight games. The book examines taylors entire cold war career, including the years when he was west point. Handpicked by amazon kids books editor, seira wilson, for prime book box a.
Others characterized him as the hawkish architect of american escalation in vietnam who pushed for the air war against north vietnam, yet conversely argued against the massive deployment of u. Us soldiers, communist leaders, saigon loyalists, vietnamese peasants and even nixon himself. The most articulate architects of it, who talk privately about what went wrong, have yet to say publicly they made a mistake. The vietnamese culture embraced it because it represented their identity and optimistic outlook towards the future. The book examines taylors entire cold war career, including the years when he was west point superintendent, 19451949. A new book suggests yes and offers advice for the war in afghanistan. The third largest hotel in the world and definitely the saddest happy building. Efforts to understand the impact of the vietnam war on america began soon after it ended, and they continue to the present day. Vietnam and the memory of the war, nguyen writes that all wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. David k shipler article on visit to vietnam by robert k mcnamara, one of major architects of us war. The following texts are used and recommended by alpha history authors. Organized chaos, seemed like a contradiction in terms, but after a few weeks in vietnam, it seemed plausible. If the architects of the vietnam war in the johnson administration can be criticized as moyar does for not doing enough to win the war, the later antiwar left actively pursued american defeat. Ten best books about the vietnam war broadly defined namarama.
Shop at noble knight games for full inventory products from architects of war. Welcome to alpha historys selection of vietnam war books. And mcnamara, one of the leading architects of the vietnam war debacle, became president of the world bank. To graham, men like mcnamara and kissinger the main war architects for presidents lyndon johnson and richard nixon were wonderful human beings.
We would be organized militarily, but we would have to break the bad habit, of trying to fight a conventional war in a guerrilla warfare environment. Starting in the immediate postworld war ii period, the group developed the containment policy of dealing. Views of bundys role in the vietnam war changed over the decades. During the four years following passage of the tonkin gulf resolution aug. Perhaps the only decent thing to emerge from the vietnam war is a body of literature unsurpassed by the writing thats come out of any other war. The tragedy and lessons of vietnam, the recent memoir of the vietnam war by robert mcnamara, the american secretary of.
As the defence secretary to the presidents john f kennedy and lyndon johnson, he managed much of the daytoday conduct of the illfated war. Vietnam war, 19611975 engineering and construction base development in south vietnam, 19651970 1991, by carroll h. Our books experts recommends 10 authors to read on the conflict. The tale of the vietnam war, writes max hastings in the very first sentence of this powerful and chilling book, was. After vietnam johns hopkins university press books. We thought that we were going into another korean war, but this was a. List of books and articles about vietnam antiwar movement. Robert mcnamara and the ghosts of vietnam the new york times. Robert strange mcnamara june 9, 1916 july 6, 2009 was an american business executive and the eighth united states secretary of defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under presidents john f. Journalists share vietnam experiences national archives. I spoke to him at the university of southern california, where he is a professor of. Our vietnam provides a rare look at the secret maneuvering within hanois politburo, where an implacable southerner named le duan emerges as the man even more than the famous general giap. Realclearpolitics articles the left loses the vietnam war.
Beautiful architectural photography presents the outstanding accomplishment of the people of southern vietnam in developing a midcentury modern architecture, vietnamese modernist architecture, that is extraordinary in the world. The gulf of tonkin incident, used by lyndon johnson to escalate u. The greatest battle of the vietnam air war the air combat trilogy book 2 jeffrey ethell. Complete organized chaos for the new guys would begin as we landed in vietnam. Beyond that, on the fiction front, we quickly traipse into forgettable territory. F105 over vietnam rasimus green berets in the vanguard, 19531963 archer. Hirashiki, who worked for more than 40 years as an abc news cameraman, originally wrote and published the book in japanesehis native. The companion volume to burns vietnam war documentary series on pbs, the book stands alone as a powerful summary of the whole conflict.
Perhaps more targeted at the scholarly minded, this book collects official documents and private letters from a sea of sources. Broadening the scheme the cfr is not a uniquely american phenomenon. There is, as with most cliches, at the center of this one a kernel of truth. Booktopia buy vietnam war books online from australias leading online bookstore. Hunts a vietnam war reader is a very different text to onans. Restons newest book is not only timely, its also the perfect complement to.
101 388 1147 311 587 308 1460 373 871 1438 801 104 1484 1193 774 501 794 1478 306 1249 748 519 958 320 579 1491 1103 1179 181 695 632 485 1350 255 701 1405 1390 770