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Medal of Honor: One Man's Journey from Poverty and Prejudice

Medal of Honor: One Man's Journey from Poverty and Prejudice

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Half-Hispanic, half-Yaqui Indian, and an orphan, Roy Benavidez fought his way out of poverty and bigotry to serve with the U.S. Army's elite-the Airborne and the Special Forces. Seriously wounded...
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

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More than twenty-five years after the official end of the Vietnam War, Dear America allows us to witness the war firsthand through the eyes of the men and women who...
My Father the Spy: A Family History of the CIA, the Cold War, and the

My Father the Spy: A Family History of the CIA, the Cold War, and the

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As his father nears death in his retirement home in Mexico, John H. Richardson begins to unravel a life filled with drama and secrecy. John Sr. was a CIA "chief...
Where The Sea Takes Us: A Vietnamese Australian Story

Where The Sea Takes Us: A Vietnamese Australian Story

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A family's sacrifice - A nation's struggle A family's sacrifice ... A nation's struggle In the 1970s and 1980s, hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese families set out on perilous journeys...
The Sorrow of War

The Sorrow of War

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This series of war novels from Vintage Classics presents eight powerful stories about the horror and waste of war - each a passionate plea to prevent its repetition. Based on...
The Battle of Long Tan

The Battle of Long Tan

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A compelling account of Australia's bloodiest and most significant battle of the Vietnam War, in time for the battle's 50th anniversary, by critically-acclaimed war writer David Cameron. On the afternoon...
A Sappers' War: How the Legendary Aussie Tunnel Rats Fought the Vietcong

A Sappers' War: How the Legendary Aussie Tunnel Rats Fought the Vietcong

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They were frequently not just on the front line, but right at the sharp end of the action. They were the legendary sappers, the army engineers, who were literally everywhere...
Tunnel Rats: The larrikin Aussie legends who discovered the Vietcong's secret weapon

Tunnel Rats: The larrikin Aussie legends who discovered the Vietcong's secret weapon

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'All I could do was prod the earth with my bayonet and shine the light to see if I could find anything. It doesn't matter how small the tunnel is...
Winter Soldiers: An Oral History of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War

Winter Soldiers: An Oral History of the Vietnam Veterans Against the

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"Winter Soldiers is an immensely valuable contribution to the history of the Vietnam War. It brings to life, through the words of the veterans themselves, the journey each individual made,...
Hell No: The Forgotten Power of the Vietnam Peace Movement

Hell No: The Forgotten Power of the Vietnam Peace Movement

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Why those who protested the Vietnam War must be honored, remembered, and appreciated "Hell no" was the battle cry of the largest peace movement in American history-the effort to end...
The Ballad of Roy Benavidez: The Life and Times of America's Most Famous Hispanic War Hero

The Ballad of Roy Benavidez: The Life and Times of America's Most

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The dramatic life of Vietnam War hero Roy Benavidez, a Mexican American Green Beret from a working-class family with deep roots in Texas, revealing how Hispanic Americans have long shaped...