From Vietnam to 9/11
Subtitle: on the front lines of national security
By: John P. Murtha with John Plashal.
Contributors: Plashal, John.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Murtha, John P.; United States. Congress. House -- Biography.; Legislators -- United States -- Biography.; Election monitoring -- History -- 20th century.; National security -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-; United States -- Military relations -- Foreign countries.
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: From Vietnam to nine-eleven
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-256) and index.
Originally published: c2003. With new epilogue.
Table of contents: value: Service in Vietnam, 1966-1967; value: Election to Congress and return to Vietnam; value: Tragedy in Lebanon; value: The Soviet Union's defeat in Afghanistan; value: High-drama election in the Philippines; value: A stolen election and U.S. intervention in Panama; value: Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm; value: Humanitarian mission turns to manhunt in Somalia; value: War in the Balkans; value: September 11, 2001; value: Reflecting on the past, looking to the future.