Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy 1945-1975

William Collins , London, 2018. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 722 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. An absorbing and definitive modern history of the Vietnam War from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Secret War. 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 and Vietnamese documents and memoirs, to create an epic narrative of an epic struggle. He portrays the set pieces of Dien bien phu, the 1968 Tet offensive, the air blitz of North Vietnam, and also much less familiar miniatures 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 and paddies that killed two million people. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military & Warfare; Vietnam; 20th century; History. ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9780008132996. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10011. . 9780008132996