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1996008315New York U.S.A.: Cambridge Univ Pr 1996. 386pp. Contents: Prologue to tragedy: US military opposition to intervention in Vietnam 1950-1954; Preparing for and avoiding war: military affairs and politics in Vietnam and the United States 1955-1960; Pinning down the president: JFK the military and political manoeuvering over Vietnam January-October 1961; The best and worst of times: the US war against Vietnam October 1961-November 1963; 'Seeing things through Vietnam': LBJ the military and the growing U.S. commitment to Vietnam November 1963-December 1964; Hope for the best expect the worst: US ground troops enter the war in Vietnam January-July 1965; War on three fronts: US forces vs. the VC Westmoreland vs. the marine and the military leaders vs. the White House July 1965-December 1966; 'The platform of false prophets is crowded': public hope and private despair in Vietnam 1967; The myth of the Tet: military failure and the politics of war; Conclusion: bringing it all back home. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cambridge Univ Pr hardcover
xvi, 381 pages. Map. Footnotes. "A very illuminating account of the suffering of one southern Vietnamese among perhaps hundreds of thousands who were confined to 'reeducation' camps by the country's communist authorities after the fall of Saigon in 1975. Unlike other reporters about reeducation camps, Tran Tri Vu's skill and sensitivity make him an extraordinary observer, enabling the reader to sense each numbing day with tangible intensity." - Foreword. Moderate foxing to edges. Date stamped atop half-title page otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound copy of this important and fascinating chronicle. Book
200428270Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0803232446 . First edition. Publisher's press release laid in. Open tear to the endpaper at the top of the front paste-down else fine in a very near fine price clipped dust jacket. . University of Nebraska Press hardcover books
Montevideo, El Siglo Ilustrado, 1966. Col. Figuras e Ideas. Prólogo del editor Carlos M. Rama. Traducción a partir del original inglés inédito por Jesús C. Guiral. 80 p. 2 h. 8º mayor. Buen ejemplar. 1ª edición en castellano. Primera edición. 1st edition. First edition.
a52693Lunenburg 1967 1st Stinehour Press. Lt. Marion Lee Kempner was born in Galveston Texas in 1942 and died in Vietnam November 11 1966. 8vo. about 40pp. mounted photo illustrations of Sandy as frontispiece grey cloth. Near Fine extremely light spotting on fore-edges no DJ. Scarce. . hardcover
197120268Hanoi: Le Courrier du Viet Nam 1971. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. Small 8vo. Original wraps. Covers a little worn with some soil. Slight lean. Toning overall. Still sound. Very good. Text in French. 138pp. <br/><br/>Scarce North Vietnam propoganda published in the wake of the release of the Pentagon Papers. Coming the same year as Daniel Ellsberg's leak which was published in June of that year this represents an early and possible first official response to the revelations contained therein. From the introduction: "It is repugnant for honest people to believe that the government of a country with the reputation of the United States had for many years premeditated prepared and planned down to the most minute details a systematic aggression a criminal war of genocide against a small people a tiny country situated more than 10000 kilometers from AmericaÂ’s frontiers; to think that this government for many years has deliberately and knowingly lied to cover up the crime to hide its plans and deceive the American people the US Congress and AmericaÂ’s allies as well as its friends and supporters throughout the world" translated from the French. The nine-page introduction is followed by a "documents" section the bulk of the book which in addition to excerpts from the Pentagon Papers also contains Presidential speeches Kennedy Johnson interspersed with North Vietnamese statements and commentary. Though OCLC some two dozen copies worldwide only four of those are in the US Harvard Yale Cornell and Columbia with none currently in trade as of April 2017. A significant and uncommon work of Communist propoganda from the height of the Cold War and the Vietnam conflict. Le Courrier du Viet Nam paperback books
197142966Hanoi: Le Courrier du Viet Nam 1971. First Edition. Very good. Scarce North Vietnam propoganda published in the wake of the release of the Pentagon Papers. Coming the same year as Daniel Ellsberg's leak which was published in June of that year this represents an early and possible first official response to the revelations contained therein. From the introduction: "It is repugnant for honest people to believe that the government of a country with the reputation of the United States had for many years premeditated prepared and planned down to the most minute details a systematic aggression a criminal war of genocide against a small people a tiny country situated more than 10000 kilometers from America's frontiers; to think that this government for many years has deliberately and knowingly lied to cover up the crime to hide its plans and deceive the American people the US Congress and America's allies as well as its friends and supporters throughout the world" translated from the French. The nine-page introduction is followed by a "documents" section the bulk of the book which in addition to excerpts from the Pentagon Papers also contains Presidential speeches Kennedy Johnson interspersed with North Vietnamese statements and commentary. Though OCLC some two dozen copies worldwide only four of those are in the US Harvard Yale Cornell and Columbia with none currently in trade as of April 2017. A significant and uncommon work of Communist propoganda from the height of the Cold War and the Vietnam conflict. Wraps. Small 8vo. Original wraps. Covers a little worn with some soil. Slight lean. Toning overall. Still sound. Very good. Text in French. 138pp. Le Courrier du Viet Nam paperback
234953Sud Vietnam, Editions Libération, octobre 1965 gr. in-8 carré, non paginé, environ 150 pp., nombreuses ill. in-t., broché. Couverture salie avec un petit manque de papier.
234442Paris, Maspero, 1963 in-8, 328 pp., broché.
19471303S.l. (Paris), Imprimerie du Croissant, s.d. (1947) in-8, 48 pp., broché, couverture en 2 couleurs
234432S.l., Editions de la Ligue de la Liberté, s.d. (1965) in-8, 23 pp., agrafé sous couverture illustrée. Joint un bulletin de souscription aux ouvrages de Suzanne Labin.
1985008284New York: W W Norton & Co Inc 1985. 252pp. Story of Lance Sijan was an Air Force pilot who was shot down over Laos in 1967; he escaped from a holding camp was tortured after his recapture and died. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Clean. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. W W Norton & Co Inc hardcover
288 pages. Black and white reproductions of photos. Multiple authors examine aspects of the Vietnam war in 1965. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Tight and square. A nice copy. Book
296 pages. Black and white reproductionsof photos. Considers the wartime intentions and planning of North Vietnamese leaders from their perspective. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Tight and square. A nice copy. Book
235230Hanoi, Editions en Langues Etrangères, 1972 in-12, 483 pp., broché. Mouillures sur le second plat de couverture et en marge de quelques pages.
1997022756Maryborough Qld Australia: Banner Books 1997. Jacket has light general wear to edges a minor tear and a little fading to spine. 196 pages with black and white illustrations. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Banner Books Hardcover
1997000291Maryborough Qld Australia: Banner Books 1997. Jacket has general wear and minor tears. Previous owners name to front free endpaper. Inscriptions and owners stamp to minor title page. 196 pages with black and white illustrations. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Banner Books Hardcover
201712175NY: Atlantic Monthly Press 2017. First edition. One of an unspecified number of first printing copies issued by the publisher signed by Bowden in ink on a tipped-in page with the printed notice ""This edition of Hue 1968 has been signed for you by the author." Glossary. Source Notes. Index. Maps. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Atlantic Monthly Press Hardcover books
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, slight bump to spine foot and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with rubbing to upper corners and traces of storage. 190pp. This study of movies about the Vietnam War covers nearly seventy feature films. The author traces the shift in attitude towards the war from the early days of patriotism and bravura to the later acceptance of the stark reality and horror which surrounds such human conflict. Well illustrated. Scarce in the UK.
1967008930Philadelphia: Lippincott 1967. 515 pages. Stated 2nd Printing. Illustrated in the center of the book with black and white photographs and also with b/w maps. Pages are white and clean. Endpapers are illustrated across both pages with b/w maps. Front map of Indochina and back maps are aerial maps. Generally considered one of the most important books on the history of the Vietnam War. This was the first time a major military power was defeated on the battlefield by a guerilla force. The lessons learned by the Viet-Minh at this battle gave them the confidence they would need to confront the American forces. Light rubbing to dj. Text clean. 2nd Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lippincott hardcover
Don McCullin photographs, selected by him. From rural England to Vietnam and the Congo. Introduction by John le Carré. Light wear to cover edges with rubbing to surfaces.
1981005885Virginia Beach Virginia U.S.A.: Rif Marketing 1981. Inscribed and signed by Mulligan. 298 pages. Dust jacket is chipped with light wear and book is in Near Fine condition. The author was a Navy captain imprisoned for 42 months of solitary confinement as a prisoner of war of the Vietnamese. Inscribed by the Author. 3rd Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rif Marketing hardcover
004069Paris France: Societe Asiatique D'editions 1954. 181pp/illus. War photos from Indochina. A number of the photographs are from behind North Vietnamese lines. Clean. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Societe Asiatique D'editions hardcover
008364Paris France: Societe Asiatique D'editions 1954. 181pp/illus. Inscribed by author on half-title. War photos from Indochina. A number of the photographs are from behind North Vietnamese lines. DJ haswear. Clean. Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Societe Asiatique D'editions hardcover
CZC-10664Journaliste grand reporter, l'auteur a vécu sur le terrain la guerre du Viet-Nam à Hue puis pendant l'offensive du Têt. Il nous livre "le récit poignant d'une guerre aveugle (.) Portraits, anecdotes, interviews, récits, commentaires et analyses se succèdent pour nous restituer le drame du plus long et du plus infernal conflit de ce siècle". fort vol in8, 21x15, relié, très bel état intérieur, 340pp + catalogue photographique en fin de volume. Tallandier 1971 ref/259
