Vietnam War by
This work provides a compendium of the key people, places, organizations, treaties, and events that make up the history of the Vietnam war, explaining its causes, how it was conducted, and its far-reaching consequences.
Vietnam by
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The Story of Australia: for the young and curious by 
Everybody Sees the Ants by
Overburdened by his parents' bickering and a bully's attacks, fifteen-year-old Lucky Linderman begins dreaming of being with his grandfather, who went missing during the Vietnam War, but during a visit to Arizona, his aunt and uncle and their beautiful neighbor, Ginny, help him find a new perspective.
Footprints on the Moon by
Verse Novel.
Summary:Humans are about to leave footprints on the moon, but what sort of mark can one girl make here on earth? It's 1969 and life is changing fast. Sharnie Burley is starting high school and finding it tough to make new friends. As the world waits to see if humans will land on the moon, the Vietnam War rages overseas. While her little cousin, Lewis, makes pretend moon boots, young men are being called up to fight, sometimes without having any choice in the matter. Sometimes without ever coming home. Dad thinks serving your country in a war is honourable, but when Sharnie's older sister, Cas, meets a returned soldier and starts getting involved in anti-war protests, a rift in their family begins to show. Sharnie would usually turn to her grandma for support, but lately Gran's been forgetting things. Can she find her own way in this brave new world?
In the Path of Falling Objects by
In 1970, after their older brother is shipped off to Vietnam, sixteen-year-old Jonah and his younger brother Simon leave home to find their father, who is being released from an Arizona prison, but soon find themselves hitching a ride with a violent killer.
A Quiet American by
Into the intrigue and violence of Indo-China comes Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious 'Third Force'. As his naïve optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler finds it hard to stand and watch.
What Was the Vietnam War? by
What was the Vietnam War? -- Where is Vietnam? -- Guerrilla warfare -- Diem's government -- Uncle Ho -- JFK -- LBJ and the growing war -- War on the ground and in the air -- Protest -- 1968 -- A war at home -- Richard Nixon -- The end of the war -- A bitter homecoming -- The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Australian Military Operations in Vietnam by 
The Vietnam War by
tep back to the middle of the 20th century and see the struggle for control of Vietnam through the eyes of those who lived it. Discover what it was like to be a Viet Cong guerrilla fighting with hand-made weapons. Find out how it felt to be a U.S. soldier in a countru where you couldn't tell friend from foe
The Vietnam War by
First Indo-China war - Dien Bien Phu - Domino theory & U.S. involvement - Rolling Thunder bombing statistics - Statistics concerning combatant nations - Tet Offensive - Chemical defoliant Agent Orange ; Profiles of military & political leaders - Significant dates (Timeline) (Time line) - Recommended books, films, TV
The Vietnam War by
xamines the history of conflict in Vietnam, traces the United States' involvement from the early 1960s through to 1975, and discusses the consequences of the war on both the United States and Vietnam. Suggested level: secondary.
The Vietnam War by
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
The Vietnam War, 1956-1975 by
Chronicles the history of the Vietnam War, discussing events the led up to the conflict, discussing the strategies of the U.S. and the North Vietnamese, follow the course of the war, and looking at its impact on the home front.
Australian Military Operations in Vietnam by
Contents: The origins of the Vietnam conflict -- Strategies in conflict -- Into battle -- The situation in Phuoc Tuy -- Security operations -- Targeting VC logistics -- Hunting the VC -- Urban operations -- The intellifence war -- The adviser war -- The loss of Vietnam.
Australians at War by
Celebrates the efforts of Australians in the Boer War, in World War I, World War II in New Guinea, at Tobruk, in Korea and in Vietnam - Photographs - Battle of Long Tan - Conditions at home during the wars - Battle of the Somme - Pozieres - Gallipoli.
Austrlalians at War: The Vietnam War by
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Miscellanea Juvenile literature.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Participation, Australian.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Australia.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Public opinion.
Red haze : Australians & New Zealanders in Vietnam by
Australia History, Military.
New Zealand History, Military.
Australia History 1965-1975.
New Zealand History.
Australia Politics and government 1965-1975.
New Zealand Politics and government 1945-1990.
Vietnam by
The place -- Three thousand years -- The French -- Ho and Giap -- The Red menace -- The two Vietnams -- Viet Cong -- Enter the Americans -- First contacts -- The quiet Australian -- The team -- The Montagnard chief -- 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment -- The Iron triangle -- Cu Chi -- The Australian province -- Nashos -- To Nui Dat -- The village -- Long Tan-warnings -- action -- aftermath -- All the way -- with LBJ -- Draft dodgers -- R & R -- February 1967 -- The minefield -- The hamlet without a soul -- To January 1968 -- The Year of the monkey -- The Tet offensive -- Coral -- Balmoral -- The air war -- The press offensive -- Body count -- A politician's war -- WHAM -- Australian Viet Cong -- Accelerated pacification -- Binh Ba -- Vietnamisation -- Homecoming -- Morale -- Moratorium -- Platoon -- Last days -- 'Baby-killers' -- Endings -- The North invades -- The fall of Saigon -- Cabramatta -- Agents orange, purple, white, green, pink, blue -- 'Totally and permanently incapacitated' -- Welcome home -- Borne back ceaselessly into the past -- Vietnam War Honour Roll -- Units involved in Vietnam
The war that divided Australia : eyewitness to the Vietnam War, 1962 to 1975 by
Colonialism in South-East Asia -- The USA sends troops -- Australia's loyalty to the USA -- The government versus the military -- Conscription -- The 1966 federal election -- Convincing the waverers -- All the way with LBJ -- Long Tan -- Extreme bravery -- Helping the civilian population -- The North Vietnamese -- The power of the media -- Anti-war sentiment -- Vietnamisation -- The Vietnam moratoriums -- Changed forever -- The aftermath -- Timeline.
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The Battle of Long Tan by
Marking the battle's 50th anniversary, and drawing on unpublished first-hand accounts, David Cameron brings to life the events of this famous battle as it unfolded - minute by minute, hour by hour - and reveals the deeds of heroism and mateship now part of Australia's Vietnam War story.
10,000 Days of Thunder by
Communism -- Origins of the Vietnam War, part one: French colonialism in Vietnam -- Origins of the Vietnam War, part two: Dividing of Vietnam -- Map of Vietnam -- Origins of the Vietnam War, part three: Reasons for American intervention -- Viet Cong -- Advisors' war/MAAG -- Tonkin Gulf incidents -- Operation Starlite -- Modern cavalry: Air mobile war -- Ia Drang campaign -- Map of Ia Drang campaign, October 1965 -- America's allies in Vietnam -- Ho chi Minh Trail and the DMZ -- Rolling Thunder bombing campaign -- Iron triangle -- Riverine war -- Unconventional war: Green Berets, Force Recon, SEALs, and Air Commandos -- Company commanders' war -- Generals of the War: Giap and Westmoreland -- Yankee station -- Villagers' war -- Corpsmen's war -- Agent orange -- Journalist s's war -- Siege of Khe Sanh -- Tet offensive -- Politics of war -- Atrocities: Hue and My Lai -- "We gotta get outta this place: -- Music of the Vietnam War -- Antiwar movement -- Draft -- Prisoners of war -- Hamburger Hill -- Secret War: Laos and Cambodia -- Vietnamization -- Operation Lam Son -- Map of U.S. military regions of South Vietnam -- Easter offensive -- Linebacker operations -- Paris peace talks -- "Pentagon papers" and Watergate -- Fall of Saigon -- Missing in action (MIA) Vietnam Veterans Memorial: The wall -- Vietnam after the war -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Vietnam War web sites -- Index.
Fighting the Vietnam War by
Table of contents includes: A strange new world - -The first war - -The United States steps in - Danger in the air - Looking for a hidden enemy - -The tide turns - A promise of peace - -The United States pulls out.
Vietnam by
The Vietnam War produced a quarter century of violence in faraway swamps and home-front streets, and it still haunts America's view of the world. Take a look back at every aspect of that turbulent era in a visual encyclopedia of over 500 extraordinary photos and alphabetized entries.
The Vietnam War by
Focuses on the bitter conflict that was fought by the Communist forces of North Vietnam under Ho Chi Minh to overthrow the government of the South - Explains the course of the war - Explains consequences for the world, as they took on, and defeated, the might of France, and later, the United States.
The Vietnam War by
Table of contents includes: Early history : the starting point -- Build up : a developing crisis -- Crisis : turning point -- Aftermath : end of the conflict -- Popular culture : the war in the media -- Looking back : the war in context -- Major figures : men of the war.
TV Brings Battle into the Home with the Vietnam War by
"On-point historical photographs combined with strong narration bring the battles and controversies surrounding the Vietnam War to life. People saw the battles in real time, on the nightly news, changing forever how people viewed war. Readers will see it as well, both in the text and in the accompanying images.
Perspective of the Americans
The Vietnam years : from the jungle to the Australian suburbs by
This story weaves through the paddy fields and the suburbs, from Vung Tau and Long Tan, to Bankstown and Broadmeadows, and tells of the long hard road Australia took that us travel from innocence to bitterness, and from despair to redemption.
