From the best-selling author of All Hell Let Loose comes a masterly chronicle of one of the most devastating international conflicts of the 20th century & how its people were affected. ` This is a comprehensive, spellbinding, surprisingly intimate, & altogether magnificent historical narrative.` Tim O` Brien Vietnam became the Western world`s most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on both sides, as well as researching a multitude of American & Vietnamese documents & memoirs, to create an epic narrative of an epic struggle. He portrays the set pieces of Dienbienphu, the Tet offensive, the air blitz of North Vietnam, & less familiar battles such as the bloodbath at Daido, where a US Marine battalion was almost wiped out, together with extraordinary recollections of Ho Chi Minh`s warriors. Here are the vivid realities of strife amid jungle & paddies that killed 2 million people. Many writers treat the war as a US tragedy, yet Hastings sees it as overwhelmingly that of the Vietnamese people, of whom forty died for every American. US blunders & atrocities were matched by those committed by their enemies. While all the world has seen the image of a screaming, naked girl seared by napalm, it forgets countless eviscerations, beheadings & murders carried out by the communists. The people of both former Vietnams paid a bitter price for the Northerners` victory in privation & oppression. Here is testimony from Vietcong guerrillas, Southern paratroopers, Saigon bargirls & Hanoi students alongside that of infantrymen from South Dakota, Marines from North Carolina, Huey pilots from Arkansas. No past volume has blended a political & military narrative of the entire conflict with heart-stopping personal experiences, in the fashion that Max Hastings` readers know so well. The author suggests that neither side deserved to win this struggle with so many lessons for the 21st century about the misuse of military might to confront intractable political & cultural challenges. He marshals testimony from warlords & peasants, statesmen & soldiers, to create an extraordinary record. ...

Indexed, regional maps of Vietnam with street plans of main cities, published by ITMB, a company with strong Vietnamese connections & many Vietnamese cartographers on its staff. The maps show the country’s road & rail networks & local airports. Numerous places of interest are highlighted, including the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Topography is indicated by altitude colouring. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 30’ intervals. Each map also

Includes:: street plans of main towns. All place names are shown in the Roman alphabet, with scrupulous transliteration. For more information please see individual descriptions.

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French-inspired Vietnamese cooking from the cultural hub of Austin, Texas
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This is not just a recipe book but an authentic guide to Vietnamese food as it is eaten today, from snacks & street foods ...

Vietnamese in 60 Minutes in a selection of language titles from Berlitz, to aid you before & during your travels. Berlitz have been producing language titles & promoting language learning for more than 125years. Catalogue selection comprising the following Berlitz series: Phrase books & Dictionaries, Phrase books & CDs, Shortcuts to ...

Vietnamese Phrase Book in a selection of language titles from Berlitz, to aid you before & during your travels. Berlitz have been producing language titles & promoting language learning for more than 125years. Catalogue selection comprising the following Berlitz series: Phrase books & Dictionaries, Phrase books & CDs, Shortcuts to ...

A fresh, crisp new design re-launches this perennial bestseller. More user-friendly thanks to enhanced colour-coding & new categories, this is the phrase book created by the people for the people. Ideal for travellers of all ages who are looking for a reliable & up-to-date Vietnamese phrase book that contains all the phrases they really need when they are in Vietnam. ...

The Lonely Planet Vietnamese Phrasebook is not only an extensive list of useful phrases, but also an ideal tool to start getting to grips with a language & beginning two-way communication. Containing excellent sections on language basics such as numbers, question phrases, dates, phrase construction, grammar & pronunciation, as well as containing concise but well-rounded two-way dictionaries, Lonely Planet phrasebooks enable you to quickly & confidently construct your own phrases in addition to those given. The given phrases cover all the essential travel & tourism categories such as transport, communications, business meetings & accommodation, as well as in-depth categories such as health, food & social interaction. The phrasebooks are designed to enable more than just simple question-answer communication, allowing the start of two-way conversations ...

Vietnamese in the Phrasebooks series from Rough Guides; comprising of pocket-sized guides aimed at providing travellers with essential communication & language tips & skills while travelling. Each guide has a double-language dictionary, preceded by a basic grammar section with a clear A-Z format, simple pronunciation guides, travel scenario dialogues & menu readers, all enhanced by an easy-to-read design. There are also helpful hints on cultural do's & don'ts, useful travel tips & references to popular local food & drink. Each book also has a web page where you can download the travel scenarios, recorded with native speakers, as audio files for your Mac, PC or iPod. ...

Get more from your trip with easy-to-find phrases for every travel situation.
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