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" Vietnam War / "
written by Stuart Murray.
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BL
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| Record Number
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1002734
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| Doc. No
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b757104
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| Main Entry
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Murray, Stuart.
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| Title & Author
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Vietnam War /\ written by Stuart Murray.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: Dorling Kindersley,, 2005.
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| Series Statement
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DK Eyewitness Guides
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| Page. NO
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71 pages :: illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, portraits (some color) ;; 29 cm
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| ISBN
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1405311339
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: 9781405311335
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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War in French IndoChina -- U.S. advisors in Vietnam -- Gulf of Tonkin incident -- Communist and U.S. allies -- The leaders -- Saigion and Hanoi -- Rolling Thunder -- The Ho Chi Minh Trail -- Napalm and Agent Orange -- Central highlands struggle -- Weapons of war -- On patrol -- Medical care and evacuation -- Heliborne warfare -- Warplanes in combat -- The television war -- The Mekong delta -- War on inland waters -- Villages in wartime -- Tunnels -- Khe Sanh and Tet -- The antiwar movement -- U.S withdrawal begins -- Last air assaults -- Prisoners of war -- The fall of Saigon -- Aftermath -- Did you know? -- Timeline -- Find out more -- Glossary -- Index/Acknowledgements
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| Abstract
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Be an eyewitness to a dramatic story of patriotism, tragedy, bloody conflict, and heroism. Easy-to-follow description and photographs explain the Vietnam War. See: campaigns in the air; battles in the jungles, countryside, and cities; and inside the secret Viet Cong tunnels/ Learn: how the conflict began; about the most powerful weapons of the age; and why Vietnam became the first "media war". Discover: what was the impact on the Vietnamese people; why the war became the longest in American history; how the conflict influenced the modern world; and much, much more.
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| Subject
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Juvenile literature.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
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Vietnam, History, 20th century.
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| Dewey Classification
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959.7043
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| LC Classification
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DS557.7.M85 2005
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