Title: Vietnam : the valor and the sorrow : from the home front to the front lines in words and pictures /
Authors: Boettcher, Thomas D., 1944-
Publisher: Little, Brown,
Year: 1985
Subjects: Vietnam Conflict; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 United States; Vietnam; United States History; Vietnam History; United States; Vietnam.
Abstract: Mixing chronological narrative with anecdote and personal portraits with stark statistics, this illustrated history examines every aspect of the war in Indochina, from French colonial times onward.
Contents: The colony of cruelty : the French in Vietnam -- The diplomatic puzzle : a new world order -- Emerging enemies : the internal Vietnamese struggle -- Poles apart : the red scare -- Sharing the sampan : the American commitment -- Down we dive : the air war -- War without end, amen : the land war, part 1 -- Paying the price, bearing the burden : the land war, part 2 -- The politics of peace : the press, the protests, the talks.