The Vietnam War Almanac

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The outstanding contribution of John Bowman's The Vietnam War: an almanac (LJ 10/1/85) is its detailed day-by-day chronology. The present work complements, rather than competes with, that fine almanac, by featuring an extensive "A-Z" encyclopedia on Vietnam, including biographical entries, military terms, geographical locations, and topics like "fragging," "antiwar movement," and "body count." Col. Summers presents careful research and well-documented analysis, but he does write from the career soldier's point of view. Thus the enemy's atrocities at Hue and Dak Son are reported along with the account of My Lai, and the successful actions taken to reduce the high casualties of black soldiers are explained. It is the military individual's perspective that makes this almanac so valuable; Summers is a brilliant strategic analyst. Highly recommended. Richard W. Grefrath, Univ. of Nevada Lib., RenoCopyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.


Book Description
The Vietnam War Almanac is a concise, one-volume reference that synthesizes the available information and presents the results in an informative, entertaining, highly readable form.


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"One of the great tragedies of the Vietnam War is that although American armed forces won every major battle, the United States suffered the greatest defeat in its history. This is an essential reference for those in search of why."--BOOK JACKET. "The Vietnam War Almanac is a concise, one-volume reference that synthesizes the available information and presents the results in an informative, entertaining, highly readable form."--BOOK JACKET. "The Vietnam War Almanac will meet the needs of historians, journalists, foreign policy analysts, military personnel, students, veterans - in short, everyone seeking an authoritative source book on this often enigmatic conflict."--BOOK JACKET.


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The outstanding contribution of John Bowman's The Vietnam War: an almanac (LJ 10/1/85) is its detailed day-by-day chronology. The present work complements, rather than competes with, that fine almanac, by featuring an extensive ``A-Z'' encyclopedia on Vietnam, including biographical entries, military terms, geographical locations, and topics like ``fragging,'' ``antiwar movement,'' and ``body count.'' Col. Summers presents careful research and well-documented analysis, but he does write from the career soldier's point of view. Thus the enemy's atrocities at Hue and Dak Son are reported along with the account of My Lai, and the successful actions taken to reduce the high casualties of black soldiers are explained. It is the military individual's perspective that makes this almanac so valuable; Summers is a brilliant strategic analyst. Highly recommended. Richard W. Grefrath, Univ. of Nevada Lib., Reno


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