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Chickenhawk
by Robert Mason
More than half a million copies of Chickenhawk have been sold since it was first published in 1983. Now with a new afterword by the author and photographs taken by him during the conflict, this straight-from-the-shoulder account tells the electrifying truth about the helicopter war in Vietnam. This is Robert Mason’s astounding personal story of men at war. A veteran of more than one thousand combat missions, Mason gives staggering descriptions that cut to the heart of the combat...
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We Were Soldiers Onceand Young
by Harold G ; Galloway, Joseph L Moore
Harold G. Moore was born in Kentucky and is a West Point graduate, a master parachutist, and an Army aviator. He commanded two infantry companies in the Korean War and was a battalion and brigade commander in Vietnam. He retired from the Army in 1977 with thirty-two years' service and then was executive vice president of a Colorado ski resort for four years before founding a computer software company. An avid outdoorsman, Moore and his wife, Julie, divide their time between homes in Auburn, Alabama, and...
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A Bright Shining Lie
by Neil Sheehan
Neil Sheehan is the author of A Fiery Peace in a Cold War. He spent three years in Vietnam as a war correspondent for United Press International and The New York Times and won numerous awards for his reporting. In 1971 he obtained the Pentagon Papers, which brought the Times the Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for meritorious public service. Sheehan lives in Washington, D.C. He is married to the writer Susan Sheehan.
Street Without Joy
by Bernard B Fall
A poignant, angry, articulate book Newsweek 'Mr Fall's book is a dramatic treatment of a historic event graphic impact New York Times Originally published in 1961, before the United States escalated its involvement in South Vietnam, Street Without Joy offered a clear warning about what American forces would face in the jungles of Southeast Asia; a costly and protracted revolutionary war fought without fronts against a mobile enemy. In harrowing detail, Fall describes the brutality and frustrations of the...
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Faith Of My Fathers
by John McCain
Faith of My Fathers is a 1999 best selling non-fiction book by United States Senator John McCain with Mark Salter. Published by Random House, it is part autobiography, part family memoir. It traces the story of McCain's life growing up, during his time in the United States Naval Academy, and his military service as a naval aviator before and during the Vietnam War. His story is interwoven with those of his father John S. "Jack" McCain, Jr. and his grandfather John S. "Slew"...
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Faith Of My Fathers
by John; Salter, Mark McCain
Faith of My Fathers is a 1999 best selling non-fiction book by United States Senator John McCain with Mark Salter. Published by Random House, it is part autobiography, part family memoir. It traces the story of McCain's life growing up, during his time in the United States Naval Academy, and his military service as a naval aviator before and during the Vietnam War. His story is interwoven with those of his father John S. "Jack" McCain, Jr. and his grandfather John S. "Slew"...
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Bloods
by Wallace Terry
"Presidio war classic, Vietnam"--Cover.
Originally published under title: Bloods, an oral history of the Vietnam War. New York : Random House, c1984.
Originally published under title: Bloods, an oral history of the Vietnam War. New York : Random House, c1984.
Vietnam
by Stanley Karnow
"The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and balanced accountwe have."—Boston Globe. "Superb, balanced in interpretation...immensely readable and full of new and interesting detail."—George Herring, Univ. of Kentucky.
The Ravens
by Christopher Robbins
"While America and the rest of the world watched the Vietnam war on television, a handful of elite Air Force pilots, wearing anything but uniforms and piloting unarmored, small, prop-driven aircraft, fought a secret war..." in "the other theater - a small nation called Laos, next door to Vietnam, bordered by the Ho Chi Minh Trail..."
History / Military / Vietnam War Books & Ephemera
Cheating Death
by Marrett, George J
George J. Marrett flew 188 combat missions on the Douglas A-1 Skyraider in Vietnam and tested more than forty types of military aircraft in twenty-five years as a test pilot for the Air Force and Hughes Aircraft Company. He lives in California.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Warrior No.56: US Infantryman in World War II (3) - European Theater of Operations 1944-45
by Rush, Robert S
Botley, Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2002. 64 Pages with Black/White Photos and Colour Plates. The ETO is seen by many as the major theater of World War II, with more infantry regiments serving there than any other. This title follows one soldier ("Joseph") as he is drafted in February 1941, trains with the 22d Infantry in the United States and then ships to England in January 1944. On D-Day he lands on Utah Beach and in the following months fights through France, Belgium, and into Germany....
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AU$20.00
THE DIRTY BOOTS The Stories of a Reluctant Warrior
by Holm, John F
Trafford. Very Good. 2012. Softcover. Inscribed and signed by author on title-page: "To stephen Warmest regards. Enjoy. John F. Holm Feb 13". Some curl to the covers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 180 pages; Signed by Author .
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$14.00
Riverine Operations: Interim Training Text (USACDC TT 31-75)
by United States Army Combat Developments Command
Fort Belvoir: United States Army Combat Developments Command, 1967. 1st edition. VG, poor reproduction of photos. [2], 345 single sided pages, photos, figures, appendices, biblio, 4to loose-leaf Xerox of manual first publication of this text on Vietnam combat procedures;
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$50.00
Battle Orders No.10: US Tank and Tank Destroyer Battlions in the ETO 1944-45
by Zaloga, Steven J
Botley, Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2005. 96 Pages with Black/White Photos and Colour Illustrations.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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AU$35.00
U.S. Army Uniforms of the Vietnam War
by Stanton, Shelby
Harrisburg: Stackpole Books, 1989. 1st printing. VG/VG dust jacket. x, 246 p., photos, map, chapter notes, glossary, large 8vo;
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$27.50
One Tough Marine: The Autobiography of First Sergeant Donald N. Hamblen
by Hamblen, Donald N./Norton, B.H
NY: Ballantine, 1993. 1st printing. VG/VG dust jacket, name/date on front pastedown. xiv, 338 p., photos, index, 8vo;
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$6.50
NAM: THE VIETNAM WAR IN THE WORDS OF THE SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT THERE
by Baker, Mark
New York: Berkley Books [1984]. Very Good. 1984. Later Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 0425071685 . Later [16th] printing thus. 301 pages including a glossary. VG copy [spine cocked and creased, cheap text paper starting to tan]. .
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$11.80
A Lonely Kind of War: Forward Air Controller, Vietnam
by Harrison, Marshall
Novato: Presidio, 1989. 1st printing. VG/VG dust jacket. x, 285 p., frontis map, glossary, 8vo;
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$17.50
PHANTOM OVER VIETNAM: FIGHTER PILOT, USMC.
by Trotti, John
Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1984. 250 pp, large 8vo (9" H). B&w illustrations, map. "What is it like to fly a fighter in combat? More specifically, what was it like to fly an F-4 Phantom in combat over Vietnam? The answers are in this exciting personal account by ex-Marine Corps pilot John Trotti, who flew over 600 missions during his two tours of duty there. Reading (this book) is the closest thing to actually flying a fighter aircraft in war. The reader experiences the life of a figher pilot -...
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$10.00
Vanguard No.28: The 6th Panzer Division 1937-45 - with Original Wartime Colour Photogrpahs By the Author
by Ritgen, Oberst A.D Helmut
London, UK: Osprey Publishing, 1982. 40 Pages with Colour & Black/White Photos. Text by Oberst a.D. Helmut Ritgen with original wartime photographs by the author. This well-informed account of the 6th Panzer Division is especially useful because the author fought with the 11th Panzer Regiment. It documents the inception, formation and structure of the division and chronologically follows its progress throughout the war. The text is supported by colour photographs taken by the author during World War...
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AU$25.00
Vanguard No.4: Fallschrimpanzerdivision 'Herman Goring"
by Quarrie, Bruce
London, UK: Osprey Publishing, 1978. 40 Pages with Black/White Photos and Colour Plates.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket.
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AU$25.00
Men-At-Arms No.369: The Japanese Army 1931-45 (2) - 1942-45
by Jowett, Philip
Botley, Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2004. 48 Pages with Black/White Photos and Colour Plates. Within months of its greatest triumph in 1942, the Japanese Imperial Army began to face the difficulties which would eventually destroy it - overstretched supply lines, and inadequate industrial support. Yet as the Allies grew steadily stronger and more skilful, the Japanese Army and Naval Landing Forces dug in to defend their conquests with a determination which shocked all who fought them. In this second...
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AU$25.00
The Girl in the Picture. The Remarkable story of Vietnam's most famous casualty
by Chong, Denise
London: Simon & Schuster. 2000. Very Good condition. Bookseller stamp/label to title page. Light Creasing to front cover. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. 372 pages Denise Chong has written one of the only detailed, humanistic accounts of everyday life in the wake of the Vietnam War, as well as an analyssi of the aftermath of celebrity and the power of an image. . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.
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AU$14.00
Slow Burn: the Rise and Bitter Fall of American Intelligence in Vietnam
by Deforest, Orrin; Chanoff, David
NY: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990.hardcover Light dust soiling top page edges else fine the dust jacket is protected by an adjustable mylar cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Photographs .ref1
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$15.99
Campaign No.62: Pearl Habor 1941 - The Day of Infamy
by Smith, Carl
Botley, Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2005. 96 Pages with Black/White Photos and Colour Illustrations. December 7, 1941 was one of the single most decisive days of World War II - the day that brought the USA into the fight. Six Japanese aircraft carriers disgorged their full complements in two waves on the superior US Pacific Fleet as it lay slumbering in Pearl Harbor. Depending on opposing viewpoints, the attack was either a brilliant maneuver of audacious strategy, or a piece of unparalleled villainy...
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AU$25.00
Vietnam: A History, Revised and Updated Edition
by Karnow, Stanley
NY: Penguin Books. Good. 1991. First Printing. Softcover. Lightly used, mild wear from handling - unmarked. Nice, used copy. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 768 pages .
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$7.79
Johnny's Song
by Mason, Steve (INSCRIBED)
NY: Simon & Schuster/Touchstone, 1986. 1st paperback printing. Fine. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, viii, 135 p., trade paperback, poetry reflecting author's experiences in Vietnam and a surviving veteran;
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$10.00
Bat-21: Based on the True Story of Lieutenant Colonel Iceal E. Hambleton, USAF
by Anderson, William C
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1980. 1st printing. Fine/VG dust jacket, 1/4 inch tears to edges of dust jacket. x, 188 p., maps, 8vo;
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$25.00
Armored Combat in Vietnam
by Starry, Donn A
Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill Co., 1980. reprint. VG/Good dust jacket, tears to edges of dust jacket. xii, 250 p., photos, maps, footnotes, appendix, glossary, index, 8vo;
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$9.50
MiG Master: The Story of the F-8 Crusader
by Tillman, Barrett
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1990. 1st printing of 2nd edition. Fine/Fine dust jacket. xii, 220 p., photos, notes, biblio, index, 8vo;
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$9.50
Echoes of the Mekong
by Hutchthausen, Peter A./Lung, Nguyen Thi/Foa, Sylvana (foreword)
Baltimore: Nautical & Aviation Publishing Co., 1996. 1st edition. VG/VG dust jacket. xiv, 167 p., chapter vignettes, 8vo;
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$9.50
The Lovable One-Niner: A Complete History of the Cessna L-19 Birddog
by Thompson Jr., Minard D. (INSCRIBED)
Paducah: Turner Publishing Co., 1998. 1st printing. Fine/Fine dust jacket. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, SIGNED BY 2 VIETNAM BIRDDOG PILOTS, 272 p., color/bw photos, illus, tables, appendices, illus endpapers, index, 4to;
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$500.00
Facing the Phoenix: The CIA and the Political Defeat of the United States in Vietnam
by Grant, Zalin
NY: W.W. Norton, 1991. 1st printing. Fine/Fine dust jacket. 397 p., photos, source notes, index, 8vo;
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$9.50
