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The art of Champa central and southern Vietnam thrived from the 2nd to the 9th centuries It consists chiefly of Hindi and Buddhist deities carved in high relief from sandstone This book describes some 100 major sculptures housed in the Da Nang Museum and also provides a historical overview
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What are we over here fighting for An American soldier asked this question during the Vietnam War Many other American soldiers and citizens wondered the same thing The conflict began when the United States sent armed forces to defend South Vietnam against Communist North Vietnam It was supposed to be a brief military operation but it ended as a bloody twelveyear conflict in which thousands of American soldiers were killed Author Deborah Kent examines this tragic and controversial period in American history from the first Marines arriving at Da Nang to the final airlift out of Saigon
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FACs forward air controllers in Vietnam flew low and slow searching for signs of an elusive enemy Often they trolled themselves as bait for the NVA troops to try to shoot down When a friendly unit made contact having a FAC overhead made their day because the FACs controlled the bomb rocket and napalmladen fast movers fighter jets and attack aircraft whose ordnance often made the difference between life and death They were regarded by many of their airforce and naval aviator brethren as insane suicidal or both In addition to the perils of enemy fire which ranged from lucky AK47 shots to 51 caliber machine guns and SA7 shoulderfired surfacetoair missiles you had to watch out to keep from being blown up in a B52 ArcLight strike or knocked down by friendly artillery As the title suggests however Naked in Da Nang is not an angst ridden account of mortal combat Following in the footsteps of Richard Hookers classic MASH A Novel About Three Army Doctors author Jackson has a keen eye for the absurdities that abound in a combat zone That the humor is often dark only serves to sharpen its comic edge These pilots were considered the Guardian Angels of the Vietnam ground soldier Refers to the unarmed nature of FAC Forward Air Controllers aircraft Lowtech aircraft that survived combat on pilot skills only
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THEY FLEW LOW SLOW AND INTO THE FACE OF ENEMY FIRE In Vietnam an elite group of air force pilots fought a secret air war in Cessna 02 and OV10 Bronco prop planesflying as low as they could get The eyes and ears of the fastmoving jets who rained death and destruction down on enemy positions the forward air controller made an art form out of an air strikeknowing the targets knowing where friendly troops were and reacting with splitsecond life and death decisions as a battle unfolded For Tom Yarborough the risk was constant intense electrifying A member of the super secret Prairie Fire unit Yarborough became one of the most frequently shotup pilots flying out of Da Nangengaging in a series of dangerous secret missions in Laos This is Yarboroughs adrenalinepumping chronicle of heroism danger and brotherhood in Vietnam From the rescuing of downed pilots to taking out enemy positions to the most harrowing daylong missions here is the dedication courage and skill of the fliers who took the war into the enemys backyard
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The gutsy glorious saga of the Marines in Vietnam told in stark riveting detail
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FACs forward air controllers in Vietnam flew low and slow searching for signs of an elusive enemy Often they trolled themselves as bait for the NVA troops to try to shoot down When a friendly unit made contact having a FAC overhead made their day because the FACs controlled the bomb rocket and napalmladen fast movers fighter jets and attack aircraft whose ordnance often made the difference between life and death They were regarded by many of their air force and naval aviator brethren as insane suicidal or both In addition to the perils of enemy fire which ranged from lucky AK47 shots to 51 caliber machine guns and SA7 shoulderfired surfacetoair missiles they had to watch out to keep from being blown up in a B52 ArcLight strike or knocked down by friendly artillery
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What are we over here fighting for An American soldier asked this question during the Vietnam War Many other American soldiers and citizens wondered the same thing The conflict began when the United States sent armed forces to defend South Vietnam against Communist North Vietnam It was supposed to be a brief military operation but it ended as a bloody twelveyear conflict in which thousands of American soldiers were killed Author Deborah Kent examines this tragic and controversial period in American history from the first Marines arriving at Da Nang to the final airlift out of Saigon
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Relates the experiences of a forward air controller in the Vietnam War from directing air strikes in Cambodia to locating North Vietnamese supply stores for intelligence agencies
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The third volume in this series describes the final communist offensive against South Vietnam The decision of President Nguyen Van Thieu to evacuate the Central Highlands spread panic among the population and the armed forces That was part of a wider scheme that envisaged an extensive redeployment of South Vietnamese forces leading to the abandoning of nearly half of the country This set up a chain reaction that would see the complete collapse of his country The United States did not intervene again despite the situation spiraling out of control Thieu played and lost This volume details the disastrous evacuation of Hue and Da Nang as well as the delaying fighting in the central coastal area However around Saigon the remaining cornered South Vietnamese divisions offered a heroic resistance although it was now too late The North Vietnamese later recognized that they experienced some of the fiercest fighting of the entire war for the conquest of the capital of South Vietnam Only the nomination of a neutralist President who had replaced Thieu who fled into exile in Taiwan spared the city the horror of the street fighting by accepting the inescapable and by proclaiming an unconditional surrender In panic the last Americans and westerners were evacuated by helicopters As always this volume is supported by a large number of previously unpublished photographs color maps and color profiles showing camouflage and markings of tanks and aircraft
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Please Read Notes Brand New International Softcover Edition Printed in black and white pages minor self wear on the cover or pages Sale restriction may be printed on the book but Book name contents and author are exactly same as Hardcover Edition Fast delivery through DHLFedEx express
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Lavishly illustrated guide to the ancient capital of Royal HueAuthoritative and lively text by VietnameseBritish historian Dr Vu Hong LienFirst indepth guide devoted to this ancient capital one of the main sites of VietnamHue the ancient royal capital of Vietnam is a city remarkable in its strive for greatness and to achieve breathtaking beauty Despite its many dramatic historic events from conflicts between ancient Vietnam and the now extinct kingdoms of Champa to the 19th and 20th century French occupation and becoming the victim of the Tet offensive in 1968 much of Hues classical architecture survives The exquisite royal lifestyle is still visible in the Imperial Citadel still reflected in the Hue Museum of Fine Arts and vividly reproduced in Nguyen mausoleums in the Valley of the TombsRoyal Hue traces the development of this magnificent imperial capital from its humble beginnings in the 14th century until its position as a UNESCO world heritage site since 1993The book also documents the 143 years of Nguyen rule when under 13 emperors Hue was built and rebuilt each time grander and more opulent than the last until in 1945 the last emperor Boa Dai handed over his Royal Seal and Sword of Mandate to representatives of the new President Ho Chi MinhWith an authoritative and lively text by VietnameseBritish historian Dr Vu Hong Lien and evocative photographs by Paisarn Piemmettawat Royal Hue is the perfect guide for the discerning cultural explorer to this world heritage site
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Company A 1st Battalion 1st Marines 1st Marine Division known as Alpha 11 fought in Vietnam Their story takes you from January 1967 to the siege at Con Thien to Quang Tri to the street and buildingtobuilding fighting in the battle of Hue City at the start of the Tet offensive to helping break the siege at Khe Sanh in April 1968 It encompasses the mayhem the chaos the death and destruction and yes even the humor that comes with war as seen through the eyes of the Marines in this division and told in their words They were fighting their own war a war that was directly in front of them trying to keep their buddies and themselves alive As renowned author Stephen E Ambrose said his mentors taught him to let his characters speak for themselves I agree wholeheartedly After all they were the ones who were there
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German TextMünchen 1995 clothbound pp 182 col plates cm 225x30
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This is the true story of a young American reporter who went to Vietnam with an open mind and an innocent heart and was plunged into a world of cruel beauty and savage violence His experiences in the war forced him to question all his assumptions about his country the nations leaders and his own sanityJohn Laurence covered Vietnam for CBS News from 1965 to 1970 He was judged by his colleagues to be the best television reporter of the war He and his camera team lived with a squad of US troops in the jungles of War Zone C to film The World of Charlie Company a documentary that received every major award for broadcast journalism Despite the professional acclaim the traumatic stories Laurence covered became a personal burden that he carried long after the war was over He struggled with memories of the Tet Offensive and the Battle of Hue incoming artillery at Khe Sanh and Con Thien the wounding of those around him the deaths of his friends the killing of civilians a colonel who smoked opium during the siege of his camp American troops who fell in love with their dead comrades Mostly his conscience haunted him about a close encounter with a North Vietnamese soldier that forced him to make a decision of life and deathAfter years of reckoning with his memories Laurence has made sense of them in this memoir by weaving them into a compelling story It is laced with humor anger love and the unforgettable tale of a very idiosyncratic cat who was determined to play his part in the Vietnam revolution In reconstructing his experiences he has relied not only on his notes and memory but also on hundreds of hours of film footage shot at the time This gives the book an uncanny vividness and fidelity to facts
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Vietnam January 1968 As the citizens of Hue are preparing to celebrate Tet the start of the Lunar New Year Nha Ca arrives in the city to attend her fathers funeral Without warning war erupts all around them drastically changing or cutting short their lives After a month of fighting their beautiful city lies in ruins and thousands of people are dead Mourning Headband for Hue tells the story of what happened during the fierce North Vietnamese offensive and is an unvarnished and riveting account of war as experienced by ordinary people caught up in the violence
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Winner of the Overseas Press Club Cornelius Ryan AwardJohn Laurence covered the Vietnam war for CBS News from its early days through the bloody battle of Hue in 1968 to the Cambodian invasion He was judged by his colleagues to be the best television reporter of the war however the traumatic stories Laurence covered became a personal burden that he carried long after the war was overIn this evocative unflinching memoir laced with humor anger love and the unforgettable story of Méo a cat rescued from the battle of Hue Laurence recalls coming of age during the war years as a journalist and as a man Along the way he clarifies the murky history of the war and the role that journalists played in altering its courseThe Cat from Hué has earned passionate acclaim from many of the most renowned journalists and writers about the war as well as from military officers and war veterans book reviewers and readers This book will stand with Michael Herrs Dispatches Philip Caputos A Rumor of War and Neil Sheehans A Bright Shining Lie as one of the best books ever written about Vietnamand about war generally
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