Vietnam : the definitive oral history told from all sides by Appy, Christian G instant download

Vietnam : the definitive oral history told from all sides by Appy, Christian G instant download

xxix, 574 pages : 25 cm, In Vietnam, American author and Professor, Christian G. Appy has created a staggering and monumental oral history of the type that is created only once in a generation. The vivid accounts of 135 men and women span the entire history of the Vietnam conflict from its murky origins in the 1940s to the chaotic fall of Saigon in 1975, Originally published: New York : Viking, 2003 under title: Patriots : the Vietnam War remembered from all sides, Includes index, pt. 1. Introductions -- Commanders -- \"It turned out the mayor of Danang was a double agent\" / Bernard Trainor -- \"With all those choppers they seemed terribly strong\" / Dang Vu Hiep -- War heroes -- \"We were babes in arms in every way\" / Roger Donlon -- \"I was stuck in a tunnel for seven days\" / Tran Thi Gung -- Paying the price -- \"They carried me the whole way back to the North\" / Ta Quang Thinh -- \"That sand was probably the only thing that saved me\" / George Watkins -- \"All my ancestors are buried here\" / Phan Xuan Sinh -- Where is Vietnam? -- \"I just thought I was going to Europe\" / Jo Collins -- \"How can my country be at war and I don't know about it?\" / Deirdre English -- pt. 2. Beginnings (1945-64) -- \"History is not made with ifs\" -- \"These were not ragtag farmers\" / Henry Prunier -- \"The most atrocious conflict in human history\" / Vo Nguyen Giap -- \"Deliver us from evil\" -- \"The doctor who won the war in Indochina\" / Daniel Redmond -- \"Tell 'em I'm not French before they lynch me\" / Rufus Phillips -- \"If they're making maps, they're preparing for war\" / Ngo Vinh Long -- \"Kick the tires and light the fires\" -- \"It was like 'Terry and the pirates'\" / Richard Olsen -- \"You could smell the burning flesh\" / Malcolm Browne -- \"There was one coup after another\" / Le Lieu Browne -- \"My cock lost the fight\" / Paul Hare -- \"The emperor has no clothes\" -- \"What's good for Peru is good for Vietnam\" / Paul Kattenburg -- \"Dissent which…