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New York: Warner Books, Inc. - A Time Warner Company, 1992. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped. He was one of thousands . . . This is one young soldier's life and war. COMPILED BY: Bradshaw Frey. SYNOPSIS: "I'm not the fun-loving guy I was when I left. Maybe if I try, I can regain what I've lost . . . " At the idealistic age of twenty, Bill Frey is sent to fight in Vietnam. Soon disenchanted by the war's grim reality, he takes solace in writing home. As the world explodes around him, these letters bind Bill to the things he loves most - his family, his fiancée - and they keep his dreams and hopes alive. Heartfelt and unpretentious, they show the innate courage that won him two Silver Stars and a Purple Heart. And they chronicle Bill's fight for spiritual survival amid carnage - a battle lost only when he fell to enemy fire while trying to rescue a wounded buddy. Here is Bill's actual correspondence.… Read More

Boston: Boston Publishing Company Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards. CONTENTS: Chapter 1/Americans in Vietnam; Chapter 2/Masher/White Wing; Chapter 3/Pacification; Chapter 4/Saigon's Forces; Chapter 5/The Enemy; Chapter 6/Battlefield Indochina; Chapter 7/Vietnam Experiences; Chapter 8/The Border Battles; Names, Acronyms, Terms; PICTURE ESSAYS "You're All Mine Now!"; The War on Canvas; Battle of Dong Xoai; The North Under Siege; Dispatch from Hill 875; MAPS Troop Disposition, 1965-1967; Masher/White Wing; The Battle of Binh Gia; Infiltration/Interdiction; The Siege of Con Thien; The Battle of Dak To; Hill 875. ABOUT THE EDITORS AND AUTHORS: Editor-in-Chief: Robert Manning, a long-time journalist, has previously been editor-in-chief of the Atlantic Monthly magazine and its press. He served as assistant secretary of state for public affairs under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He has also been a fellow at the Institute of Politics at the… Read More

Boston: Boston Publishing Company Corners, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards. CONTENTS: Introduction: Asia in Ferment; Chapter 1/The French Return; Chapter 2/The Tiger and the Elephant; Chapter 3/Dien Bien Phu and Geneva; Chapter 4/Two Vietnams; Chapter 5/The Revolution Continues; Chapter 6/Diem; Chapter 7/Twilight of Peace; Chapter 8/A Nation at War; Chapter 9/Year of Decision; Names, Acronyms, Terms; PICTURE ESSAYS Images of War; The French Foreign Legion; Exodus to the South; Vietnam in the Movies; Waging the Cold War; MAPS The Tonkin Battleground; The War in Indochina, 1950-1952; The Battle Scene, Dien Bien Phu; Balance of Power Before Partition, July 1954; Movement of Refugees South, 1954; The Political-Religious Sects in South Vietnam, April-June 1955; Battle of Saigon, April 28, 1955; Insurgency in the South, 1959-1960. ABOUT THE EDITORS AND AUTHORS: Editor-in-Chief: Robert Manning, a long-time journalist, has previously been editor-in-chief of the Atlantic Monthly magazine and its… Read More

Boston: Boston Publishing Company Corners, Boards Bumped; Large, Moderate Impression (Line) in Rear Cover; Light Shelf Rub to Boards. CONTENTS: Chapter 1/The Tortuous Road to Peace; Chapter 2/The Politics of Disengagement; Chapter 3/One War: A New Strategy; Chapter 4/The War in the Village; Chapter 5/America's Disengagement Army; Chapter 6/Cambodia: The Politics of Survival; Chapter 7/A Haven of Peace; Chapter 8/Now the Indochina War; Names, Acronyms, Terms; PICTURE ESSAYS Moratoriums; Back to Basic; Cambodia Portraits; Life at a Firebase; SIDEBARS Frustration; On the Road to Watergate; Student Protest, South Vietnamese Style; General Thieu vs. Colonel Chau; The Shock of My Lai; Saigon Warriors; Princely Diversions; The Columbia Incident; Springtime in Phnom Penh; MAPS Dewey Canyon; Hamburger Hill; Area Security Concept; Sapper Attack on Cam Ranh Bay; South Vietnam and Cambodia; Parrot's Beak; Fishhook; Communist Activities in Cambodia and Laos, Spring 1970; Kent State, May 4, 1970. ABOUT… Read More

Boston: Boston Publishing Company Light Shelf Rub to Boards. CONTENTS: Chapter 1/New Strategy, Same War; Chapter 2/The "Secret" Air War in Laos; Chapter 3/The Supporting Cast; Chapter 4/Buying Time; Chapter 5/Air Power to the Rescue; Chapter 6/Linebacker; Chapter 7/The Christmas Bombings; Chapter 8/The Legacy of Air Power; SIDEBARS Barrel Roll Mission Over Laos; Air America; Raid on Son Tay; The Lavelle Affair; PICTURE ESSAYS Laos: The "Other War"; Search and Rescue; An Evolution in Air Power; POWs; MAPS Southeast Asia; Laos; Operation Linebacker II Flight Routes. ABOUT THE EDITORS AND AUTHORS: Editor-in-Chief: Robert Manning, a long-time journalist, has previously been editor-in-chief of the Atlantic Monthly magazine and its press. He served as assistant secretary of state for public affairs under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He has also been a fellow at the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.… Read More

Boston: Boston Publishing Company Corners, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards. CONTENTS: Chapter 1/Soldiering On; Chapter 2/Crisis in Command; Chapter 3/Vietnamization; Chapter 4/Lam Son 719; Chapter 5 Diplomacy and Politics; Chapter 6/Rebuilding the North; Chapter 7/Easter Invasion; Chapter 8/Counterattack; Names, Acronyms, Terms; PICTURE ESSAYS An Army Departs; End of a Mission; The North's New Weapons; An Loc Besieged; SIDEBARS Two Fighting Generals; Laos: A Class by Itself; NSA in Vietnam: he Secretive Service; The Indispensable Man; MAPS Laotian Panhandle, January 1971; Lam Son 719; Invasion Across the DMZ; Easter Offensive: MR 2 and 3; Counterattack on Quang Tri. ABOUT THE EDITORS AND AUTHORS: Editor-in-Chief: Robert Manning, a long-time journalist, has previously been editor-in-chief of the Atlantic Monthly magazine and its press. He served as assistant secretary of state for public affairs under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He has also been a fellow at… Read More

Boston: Boston Publishing Company Lightly Scratched on Boards; Light Shelf Rub to Boards. CONTENTS: Chapter 1/The War Without Guns; Chapter 2/A World Apart; Chapter 3/The Other Americans; Chapter 4/Saigon U.S.A.; Chapter 5/Hearts and Minds; Chapter 6/The American Way of War; Chapter 7/An Environment of Atrocity; Chapter 8/A Parting of the Ways; Names, Acronyms, Terms; PICTURE ESSAYS Away from the War; Saigon: A City in Transition; The Peasants; Crime and Punishment; SIDEBARS Dr. America; Culture Shock; At Bearcat; Body Count; A Strategy of Terror; MAP South Vietnam. ABOUT THE EDITORS AND AUTHORS: Editor-in-Chief: Robert Manning, a long-time journalist, has previously been editor-in-chief of the Atlantic Monthly magazine and its press. He served as assistant secretary of state for public affairs under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He has also been a fellow at the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Authors: Edward Doyle,… Read More

Boston: Boston Publishing Company Corners Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards. CONTENTS: Chapter 1/From Flying Tigers to Farmgate; Chapter 2/Taking the War to North Vietnam; Chapter 3/Rolling Thunder; Chapter 4/The In-Country Air War; Chapter 5/Battle in the Skies; Chapter 6/Upping the Ante; Chapter 7/Year of Strategic Persuasion; Chapter 8/Failure of a Strategy; Names, Acronyms, Terms; PICTURE ESSAYS On Line at Yankee Station; Arsenal of the Sky; The Struggle to Survive; Arc Light Mission Over Khe Sanh; SIDEBARS The CIA's Secret Airline; Hundred-to-One Chance; Rescue at Plei Me; A "Thud" Mission; Life in the Hanoi Hilton; Laos: Battling the Ho Chi Minh Trail; MAPS Pierce Arrow and Flaming Dart; North Vietnam; North Vietnam's Defense System, October 1967; Rolling Thunder Boundaries; Hanoi and Haiphong. ABOUT THE EDITORS AND AUTHORS: Editor-in-Chief: Robert Manning, a long-time journalist, has previously been editor-in-chief of the Atlantic Monthly magazine and its press. He… Read More

Boston: Boston Publishing Company Spine Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards. CONTENTS: Chapter 1/Saigon's Year; Chapter 2/Nation Within a Nation; Chapter 3/Into the Long Tunnel; Chapter 4/Season of Fire; Chapter 5/LBJ Takes Charge; Chapter 6/Insurgency-Counterinsurgency; Chapter 7/Covert Action, Hidden War; Chapter 8/Predated Declaration of War; Chapter 9/Enter the U.S. Marines; Names, Acronyms, Terms; PICTURE ESSAYS Choppers; The Soldiers of South Vietnam; The Brutal War; With the Green Berets; The U.S. Marines Land; MAPS Insurgency in the South, 1962; The Topography of South Vietnam; Ap Bac, January 2, 1963; South Vietnam; U.S. Special Forces Deployment; Tonkin Gulf Incident; Thrust-Counterthrust, February 1965. ABOUT THE EDITORS AND AUTHORS: Editor-in-Chief: Robert Manning, a long-time journalist, has previously been editor-in-chief of the Atlantic Monthly magazine and its press. He served as assistant secretary of state for public affairs under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B.… Read More

Boston: Boston Publishing Company Corners, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards. CONTENTS: Chapter 1/Peace Is at Hand; Chapter 2/Cease Fire!; Chapter 3/America at Peace; Chapter 4/The Third Indochina War; Chapter 5/Portents of Disaster; Chapter 6/The Year of the Tiger; Names, Acronyms, Terms; PICTURE ESSAYS The Word War; Home at Last; Eye of the Storm; SIDEBARS Kissinger and the Vietnamese; Kissinger vs. Nixon; The Last Campaign; Missing in Action; Mr. Secretary; Ignoble Nobel; A Shortage of Answers; Battle of the Iron Triangle; Metaphors of Misconception; MAPS Cease-fire; The Third Vietnam; Quang Duc Campaign; Svay Rieng Operation; NVA Offensive, MR 1 and 2; NVA Offensive, MR 3; Iron Triangle Attack. ABOUT THE EDITORS AND AUTHORS: Editor-in-Chief: Robert Manning, a long-time journalist, has previously been editor-in-chief of the Atlantic Monthly magazine and its press. He served as assistant secretary of state for public affairs under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He… Read More

Boston: Boston Publishing Company Light Shelf Rub to Boards. CONTENTS: Chapter 1/"Split the Sky . . . Shake the Earth"; Chapter 2/The Agony of Hue; Chapter 3/The Riddle of Khe Sanh; Chapter 4/March 31; Chapter 5/America Divided; Chapter 6/Picking Up the Pieces; Chapter 7/Talking Peace, Making War; Chapter 8/Not Yet Peace; Names, Acronyms, Terms; PICTURE ESSAYS Seventy-Seven Days; "You Can't Trust Anyone Over Thirty"; "If Only There is No More War"; The Second Battle of Saigon; MAPS Tet Offensive; Battle of Saigon; Hue: Enemy Attack/Allied Counterattack; Khe Sanh: The Surrounding Area, The Inner Ring; Lang Vei; A Shau Valley; Second Battle of Saigon; Chicago: The Battle in the Streets; Areas of Communist and Allied Control; U.S. Troop Disposition. ABOUT THE EDITORS AND AUTHORS: Editor-in-Chief: Robert Manning, a long-time journalist, has previously been editor-in-chief of the Atlantic Monthly magazine and its press. He served as assistant secretary of state… Read More

Boston: Boston Publishing Company Light Shelf Rub to Boards. CONTENTS: Chapter 1/The Technological Edge; Chapter 2/Ground Weapons; Chapter 3/The Medicine Men; Chapter 4/From Punji Stakes to Guided Missiles; Chapter 5/High Tech in the Skies; Chapter 6/The Automated Battlefield; Epilogue: The Legacy of Technology; Names, Acronyms, Terms; PICTURE ESSAYS Technology in the Great War; Over Hill and Dale; Flying Workhorses; Of Blackbirds, Tom Cat, and Mohawks. ABOUT THE EDITORS AND AUTHORS: Editor-in-Chief: Robert Manning, a long-time journalist, has previously been editor-in-chief of the Atlantic Monthly magazine and its press. He served as assistant secretary of state for public affairs under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He has also been a fellow at the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Author: Edgar C. Doleman, Jr. was a company commander and intelligence officer with the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in Vietnam and… Read More