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2017.
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English
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"A comprehensive look at the Vietnam War"--
More than forty years after it ended, the Vietnam War continues to haunt our country. We still argue over why we were there, whether we could have won, and who was right and wrong in their response to the conflict. This volume draws on hundreds of interviews in America and Vietnam to give us the perspectives of people involved at all levels of the war: U.S. and Vietnamese soldiers and their families, high-level...
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English
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How did the Vietnam War change the way we think of ourselves as a people and a nation? Christian G. Appy, author of the widely praised oral history of the Vietnam War Patriots, now examines the relationship between the war's realities and myths and its impact on our national identity, conscience, pride, shame, popular culture, and postwar foreign policy.
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English
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"College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Iverson is a dying Vietnam veteran--and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been...
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English
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Summoned by Lucas Davenport to investigate a pair of murders in which the victims are found with lemons in their mouths, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers struggles to find a connection that could prevent additional killings.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 31
Language
English
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The lives of Skip Sands, a spy-in-training engaged in psychological operations against the Vietcong, and brothers Bill and James Houston, young men who drift out of the Arizona desert into a war, intertwine in a novel of America during the Vietnam War.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
DEADLY RECKONING is the incredible true story of the Vietnam War's last battle, when U.S. Marines were sent to recover an American merchant ship seized by Cambodian pirates. Ambushed on the sands of Koh Tang Island, brave young Americans fresh from boot camp had to pull together to accomplish the mission and get out alive. Blending dramatic interviews with archival footage and cinematic recreations, HEROES UNDER FIRE tells the heartbreaking story...
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
360 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
Created in association with the Smithsonian Institution, this authoritative guide chronicles America's fight against Communism in southeast Asia during the 1960s and 1970s, and comprehensively explores the people, politics, events, and lasting effects of the Vietnam War. Honoring those who served in the war at home or abroad, the inside covers of this book feature images of submitted photographs of Vietnam veterans. Filled with more than 500 photographs,...
13) Hocus pocus
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
1991, c1990
Edition
Berkley ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 324 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
A small, exclusive college in upstate New York is nestled along the frozen shores of Lake Mohiga . . . and directly across from a maximum-security prison. The two institutions manage to coexist peacefully, until 10,000 prisoners break out and head directly for the college. "Sharp-toothed satire . . . absurd humor".--San Francisco Chronicle.
15) Vietnam War
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Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Relaunch edition.
Physical Desc
72 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the history of the Asian war that killed over 58,000 Americans, discussing the causes and effects, leaders, major battles, guerrilla warfare, aerial bombing, weaponry, peace negotiations, and lessons learned.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During the Vietnam War, a daring group of Army Green Berets known as SOG launches highly classified missions into neighboring countries Laos and Cambodia, in an attempt to foil the cross-border activities of the North Vietnamese Army. The "Secret War" as it is known, is fought by SOG's unique blend of elite, highly trained American and indigenous troops who, while grossly outnumbered, brazenly venture into combat.
On October 5th, 1968, SOG Spike...
18) The orchard
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English
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"For generations, Ellie Hostetler's family has tended their Lancaster County orchard, a tradition her twin brother, Evan, will someday continue. Yet when Evan's draft number is called up in the lottery for the Vietnam War, the family is shocked to learn he has not sought conscientious objector status, despite their Old Order Amish belief in non-resistance. The faraway war that has caused so much turmoil and grief among their Englisher neighbors threatens...
19) Fallen angels
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Seventeen-year-old Richie Perry, just out of his Harlem high school, enlists in the Army in the summer of 1967 and spends a devastating year on active duty in Vietnam.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Veterans of the Vietnam War provide first-hand accounts of their experiences as their stories are told using archival film footage, audio recordings, and personal photos.
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