The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War
by Chris McNab (Author), Andrew A. Wiest (Author)
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The struggle for Vietnam in the 1960s, in which the United States attempted to bolster the South against Viet Cong guerrillas backed by the Communist regime in the north, was to shock the world and divide a nation. In the defence of a theory - that if the South fell the whole region would fall to Communism - the United States spent $145,000 million at 1974 prices, her aircraft dropped eight million tons of bombs, and her armed forces suffered 46,370 fatalities (900,000 North Vietnamese and show more Viet Cong were also killed). The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War is a timely account of the 6,000-day conflict in Southeast Asia. Illustrated throughout with both color and black and white photographs that bring the conflict to life, the lucid, authoritative text includes eye-witness accounts of the battles and incidents of America's undeclared war. The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War provides a graphic and compelling account of one of the most brutal conflicts of modern history. show lessTags
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- Canonical title*
- L'histoire de la guerre du Vietnam
- Original title
- The illustrated history of the Vietnam war
- Original publication date
- 2000 (1e édition originale américaine, Brown Books) (1e édition originale américaine, Brown Books); 2005 (1e traduction et édition belge, Chantecler) (1e traduction et édition belge, Chantecler)
- Important places*
- Vietnam
- Original language*
- Anglais (Etats-Unis) (Etats-Unis)
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Classifications
- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 959.704 — History & geography History of Asia Southeast Asia: Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam Vietnam 1949-
- LCC
- DS557.72 .M4 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Asia History of Asia Southeast Asia French Indochina Vietnam. Annam
- BISAC
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- Languages
- English, French
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 7
