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A Bright Shining Lie
John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
Written by Neil Sheehan
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $35.00
In this magisterial book, a monument of history and biography that was awarded the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, renowned journalist Neil Sheehan tells the story of Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann–"the one irreplaceable American in Vietnam"–and of the tragedy that destroyed that country and the lives... Read more >
John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
Written by Neil Sheehan
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $35.00
In this magisterial book, a monument of history and biography that was awarded the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, renowned journalist Neil Sheehan tells the story of Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann–"the one irreplaceable American in Vietnam"–and of the tragedy that destroyed that country and the lives... Read more >
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The Magnificent Bastards
The Joint Army-Marine Defense of Dong Ha, 1968
Written by Keith Nolan
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2009
Price: $7.99
On April 29, 1968, the North Vietnamese Army is spotted less than four miles from the U.S. Marines’ Dong Ha Combat Base. Intense fighting develops in nearby Dai Do as the 2d Battalion, 4th Marines, known as “the Magnificent Bastards,” struggles to eject NVA forces from this strategic position.
Yet the BLT... Read more >
The Joint Army-Marine Defense of Dong Ha, 1968
Written by Keith Nolan
Format: eBook, 448 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2009
Price: $7.99
On April 29, 1968, the North Vietnamese Army is spotted less than four miles from the U.S. Marines’ Dong Ha Combat Base. Intense fighting develops in nearby Dai Do as the 2d Battalion, 4th Marines, known as “the Magnificent Bastards,” struggles to eject NVA forces from this strategic position.
Yet the BLT... Read more >
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A Bright Shining Lie
John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
Written by Neil Sheehan
Format: Hardcover, 896 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $35.00
In this magisterial book, a monument of history and biography that was awarded the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, renowned journalist Neil Sheehan tells the story of Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann–"the one irreplaceable American in Vietnam"–and of the tragedy that destroyed that country and the lives... Read more >
John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
Written by Neil Sheehan
Format: Hardcover, 896 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $35.00
In this magisterial book, a monument of history and biography that was awarded the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, renowned journalist Neil Sheehan tells the story of Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann–"the one irreplaceable American in Vietnam"–and of the tragedy that destroyed that country and the lives... Read more >
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A Bright Shining Lie
John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
Written by Neil Sheehan
Read by Robertson Dean
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $37.50
Sheehan's tragic biography of John Paul Vann is also a sweeping history of America's seduction, entrapment and disillusionment in Vietnam.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
Written by Neil Sheehan
Read by Robertson Dean
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $37.50
Sheehan's tragic biography of John Paul Vann is also a sweeping history of America's seduction, entrapment and disillusionment in Vietnam.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Read more >
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Loon
A Marine Story
Written by Jack McLean
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $25.00
Jack McLean was not the average Vietnam grunt. Raised in suburban New Jersey, he attended the esteemed Phillips Andover Academy alongside George W. Bush, all the while pursuing a predictably privileged path. Nearing graduation in the spring of 1966, however, McLean decided on a different direction. At a time when his... Read more >
A Marine Story
Written by Jack McLean
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $25.00
Jack McLean was not the average Vietnam grunt. Raised in suburban New Jersey, he attended the esteemed Phillips Andover Academy alongside George W. Bush, all the while pursuing a predictably privileged path. Nearing graduation in the spring of 1966, however, McLean decided on a different direction. At a time when his... Read more >
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eBook and a
trade paperback.
Loon
A Marine Story
Written by Jack McLean
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $25.00
Jack McLean was not the average Vietnam grunt. Raised in suburban New Jersey, he attended the esteemed Phillips Andover Academy alongside George W. Bush, all the while pursuing a predictably privileged path. Nearing graduation in the spring of 1966, however, McLean decided on a different direction. At a time when his... Read more >
A Marine Story
Written by Jack McLean
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $25.00
Jack McLean was not the average Vietnam grunt. Raised in suburban New Jersey, he attended the esteemed Phillips Andover Academy alongside George W. Bush, all the while pursuing a predictably privileged path. Nearing graduation in the spring of 1966, however, McLean decided on a different direction. At a time when his... Read more >
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Six Silent Men, Book Two
Written by Kenn Miller
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2009
Price: $7.99
In the summer of 1967, the good old days were ending for the hard-core 1st Brigade LRRPs of the 101st Airborne Division, perhaps the finest maneuver element of its size in the history of the United States Army. It was a bitter pill. After working on their own in Vietnam for... Read more >
Written by Kenn Miller
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2009
Price: $7.99
In the summer of 1967, the good old days were ending for the hard-core 1st Brigade LRRPs of the 101st Airborne Division, perhaps the finest maneuver element of its size in the history of the United States Army. It was a bitter pill. After working on their own in Vietnam for... Read more >
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It Took Heroes
A Cavalry Chaplain's Memoir of Vietnam
Written by Claude Newby
Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: April 22, 2009
Price: $7.99
The soldiers in 1st Cav fought some of Vietnam’s fiercest battles—
and Chaplain Newby was there right beside them.
For grunts in Vietnam, the war was a jungle hell of sudden death, endless suffering, and supreme courage. For Chaplain Newby, it was an honor to be chosen to share it with them. In... Read more >
A Cavalry Chaplain's Memoir of Vietnam
Written by Claude Newby
Format: eBook, 560 pages
On Sale: April 22, 2009
Price: $7.99
The soldiers in 1st Cav fought some of Vietnam’s fiercest battles—
and Chaplain Newby was there right beside them.
For grunts in Vietnam, the war was a jungle hell of sudden death, endless suffering, and supreme courage. For Chaplain Newby, it was an honor to be chosen to share it with them. In... Read more >
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Don't Bunch Up
One Marine's Story
Written by William van Zanten
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2009
Price: $6.99
Captain William Van Zanten was one of the “Magnificent Bastards” of the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, in 1966–a year when any day could bring death or dismemberment from a Bouncing Betty or a punji stake, a firefight or a sniper bullet. He and his men faced B-52-sized mosquitoes, rain, heat, disease... Read more >
One Marine's Story
Written by William van Zanten
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2009
Price: $6.99
Captain William Van Zanten was one of the “Magnificent Bastards” of the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, in 1966–a year when any day could bring death or dismemberment from a Bouncing Betty or a punji stake, a firefight or a sniper bullet. He and his men faced B-52-sized mosquitoes, rain, heat, disease... Read more >
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Lost in Translation
Vietnam: A Combat Advisor's Story
Written by Martin Dockery
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2009
Price: $6.99
In September 1962, when Martin Dockery landed in Saigon, he was a young, determined, idealistic U.S. Army first lieutenant convinced of America’s imminent victory in Vietnam. While most of the twelve thousand U.S. military advisors in-country at the time filled support positions in Saigon and other major cities, Dockery was one... Read more >
Vietnam: A Combat Advisor's Story
Written by Martin Dockery
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2009
Price: $6.99
In September 1962, when Martin Dockery landed in Saigon, he was a young, determined, idealistic U.S. Army first lieutenant convinced of America’s imminent victory in Vietnam. While most of the twelve thousand U.S. military advisors in-country at the time filled support positions in Saigon and other major cities, Dockery was one... Read more >
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Dispatches
Written by Michael Herr
Introduction by Robert Stone
Format: Hardcover, 296 pages
On Sale: February 17, 2009
Price: $24.00
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
Written on the front lines in Vietnam, Dispatches became an immediate classic of war reportage when it was published in 1977.
From its terrifying opening pages to its final eloquent words, Dispatches makes us see, in unforgettable and unflinching detail, the chaos and fervor of the war and the... Read more >
Written by Michael Herr
Introduction by Robert Stone
Format: Hardcover, 296 pages
On Sale: February 17, 2009
Price: $24.00
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
Written on the front lines in Vietnam, Dispatches became an immediate classic of war reportage when it was published in 1977.
From its terrifying opening pages to its final eloquent words, Dispatches makes us see, in unforgettable and unflinching detail, the chaos and fervor of the war and the... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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On Strategy
A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War
Written by Harry G. Summers
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $15.95
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A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War
Written by Harry G. Summers
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $15.95
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Six Silent Men...Book Three
Written by Gary Linderer
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $7.99
"The Eyes and Ears of the Screaming Eagles . . ."
By 1969, the NVA had grown more experienced at countering the tactics of the long range patrols, and SIX SILENT MEN: Book Three describes some of the fiercest fighting Lurps saw during the war. Based on his own experience and extensive... Read more >
Written by Gary Linderer
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $7.99
"The Eyes and Ears of the Screaming Eagles . . ."
By 1969, the NVA had grown more experienced at countering the tactics of the long range patrols, and SIX SILENT MEN: Book Three describes some of the fiercest fighting Lurps saw during the war. Based on his own experience and extensive... Read more >
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Xin Loi, Viet Nam
Thirty-one Months of War: A Soldier's Memoir
Written by Al Sever
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $7.99
No one in Vietnam had to tell door gunner and gunship crew chief Al Sever that the odds didn’t look good. He volunteered for the job well aware that hanging out of slow-moving choppers over hot LZs blazing with enemy fire was not conducive to a long life. But that wasn’t... Read more >
Thirty-one Months of War: A Soldier's Memoir
Written by Al Sever
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $7.99
No one in Vietnam had to tell door gunner and gunship crew chief Al Sever that the odds didn’t look good. He volunteered for the job well aware that hanging out of slow-moving choppers over hot LZs blazing with enemy fire was not conducive to a long life. But that wasn’t... Read more >
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Hamburger Hill
The Brutal Battle for Dong Ap Bia: May 11-20, 1969
Written by Samuel Zaffiri
Format: eBook, 328 pages
On Sale: January 21, 2009
Price: $15.95
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The Brutal Battle for Dong Ap Bia: May 11-20, 1969
Written by Samuel Zaffiri
Format: eBook, 328 pages
On Sale: January 21, 2009
Price: $15.95
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A Piece of My Heart
The Stories of 26 American Women Who Served in Vietnam
Written by Keith Walker
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: January 21, 2009
Price: $16.95
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The Stories of 26 American Women Who Served in Vietnam
Written by Keith Walker
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: January 21, 2009
Price: $16.95
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Summons of Trumpet
U.S.-Vietnam in Perspective
Written by Dave R. Palmer
Format: eBook, 348 pages
On Sale: January 21, 2009
Price: $19.95
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U.S.-Vietnam in Perspective
Written by Dave R. Palmer
Format: eBook, 348 pages
On Sale: January 21, 2009
Price: $19.95
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Low Level Hell
A Scout Pilot in the Big Red One
Written by Hugh Mills
Format: eBook, 332 pages
On Sale: January 16, 2009
Price: $19.00
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A Scout Pilot in the Big Red One
Written by Hugh Mills
Format: eBook, 332 pages
On Sale: January 16, 2009
Price: $19.00
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A Sniper in the Arizona
2nd Battalion, 5th Marines in the Arizona Territory, 1967
Written by John Culbertson
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $7.99
"Morning was always a welcome sight to us. It meant two things. The first was that we were still alive. . . ."
In 1967, death was the constant companion of the Marines of Hotel Company, 2/5, as they patrolled the paddy dikes, mud, and mountains of the Arizona Territory southwest of Da... Read more >
2nd Battalion, 5th Marines in the Arizona Territory, 1967
Written by John Culbertson
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $7.99
"Morning was always a welcome sight to us. It meant two things. The first was that we were still alive. . . ."
In 1967, death was the constant companion of the Marines of Hotel Company, 2/5, as they patrolled the paddy dikes, mud, and mountains of the Arizona Territory southwest of Da... Read more >
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Dak To
America's Sky Soldiers in South Vietnam's Central Highlands
Written by Edward Murphy
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $7.99
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America's Sky Soldiers in South Vietnam's Central Highlands
Written by Edward Murphy
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $7.99
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Into Cambodia
Written by Keith Nolan
Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $23.00
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Written by Keith Nolan
Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $23.00
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Last Man Out
A Personal Account of the Vietnam War
Written by James E. Parker, Jr.
Format: eBook, 360 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $19.00
"I WAS AMONG THE FIRST MEN IN,
AND I WAS THE LAST MAN OUT."
In Vietnam, at both the start and finish of the conflict, 2d Lt. James E. Parker Jr. saw the war as few men did. Now, with uncommon insight and raw honesty, he captures the stark realities of jungle... Read more >
A Personal Account of the Vietnam War
Written by James E. Parker, Jr.
Format: eBook, 360 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $19.00
"I WAS AMONG THE FIRST MEN IN,
AND I WAS THE LAST MAN OUT."
In Vietnam, at both the start and finish of the conflict, 2d Lt. James E. Parker Jr. saw the war as few men did. Now, with uncommon insight and raw honesty, he captures the stark realities of jungle... Read more >
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Blood Trails
The Combat Diary of a Foot Soldier in Vietnam
Written by Christopher Ronnau
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $7.99
BAPTISM BY FIRE
Chris Ronnau volunteered for the Army and was sent to Vietnam in January 1967, armed with an M-14 rifle and American Express traveler’s checks. But the latter soon proved particularly pointless as the private first class found himself in the thick of two pivotal, fiercely fought Big Red One... Read more >
The Combat Diary of a Foot Soldier in Vietnam
Written by Christopher Ronnau
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $7.99
BAPTISM BY FIRE
Chris Ronnau volunteered for the Army and was sent to Vietnam in January 1967, armed with an M-14 rifle and American Express traveler’s checks. But the latter soon proved particularly pointless as the private first class found himself in the thick of two pivotal, fiercely fought Big Red One... Read more >
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Why a Soldier?
A Signal Corpsman's Tour from Vietnam to the Moscow Hot Line
Written by David Fitz-Enz
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $23.00
He was one of the best, Airborne, proud to serve his country and fight its toughest war--in the hell that was Vietnam.
Known to all as "Fitz," Signal Corps officer David Fitz-Enz served two tours in Vietnam. He was a soldier, combat photographer, and platoon leader, fighting America's cruelest war--from the VC-infested... Read more >
A Signal Corpsman's Tour from Vietnam to the Moscow Hot Line
Written by David Fitz-Enz
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $23.00
He was one of the best, Airborne, proud to serve his country and fight its toughest war--in the hell that was Vietnam.
Known to all as "Fitz," Signal Corps officer David Fitz-Enz served two tours in Vietnam. He was a soldier, combat photographer, and platoon leader, fighting America's cruelest war--from the VC-infested... Read more >
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Baptism
A Vietnam Memoir
Written by Larry Gwin
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $7.99
"The 2nd Battalion of the 7th Cavalry had the dubious distinction of being the unit that had fought the biggest battle of the war to date, and had suffered the worst casualties. We and the 1st Battalion."
A Yale graduate who volunteered to serve his country, Larry Gwin was only twenty-three years... Read more >
A Vietnam Memoir
Written by Larry Gwin
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: December 10, 2008
Price: $7.99
"The 2nd Battalion of the 7th Cavalry had the dubious distinction of being the unit that had fought the biggest battle of the war to date, and had suffered the worst casualties. We and the 1st Battalion."
A Yale graduate who volunteered to serve his country, Larry Gwin was only twenty-three years... Read more >
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