The Vietnam War constitutes a defining moment in modern history. Starting from a time soon after the Japanese surrender in 1945, at the end of the Second World War, and lasting to the North Vietnamese conquest of South Vietnam in 1975 to re-create a unified Vietnamese state, the war pitted the Communists of Vietnam, against a number of opponents. Those included first the French and second the South Vietnamese and Americans, the latter supported by...

The anti-Communist government of South Vietnam sought American aid, and this grew steadily from technical support, weapons, and equipment, to the initial limited involvement of US forces to protect American interests. This opened the floodgates, and by the mid-1960s ever-larger numbers of US troops poured into South Vietnam as US air power struck at North Vietnam. Each title in this series contains color photos throughout, and back matter including:...

On the first day of the Tet (lunar New Year) truce, North Vietnamese forces launched a surprise attack, their biggest offensive of the war.

The Vietnam War story must be told by the Vietnamese. This book focuses on the combat strategies, tactics applied by involved parties, and how the challenges were solved during the big battles throughout the Vietnam War in the first phase. By reading this book, you will have a better understanding of Vietnam history, its culture, and its people; you will also learn the answer to the question of why the French-and then the Americans-failed in their...