Collection: History Support Collection

Papers from an international symposium at the Institute for the Study of the USSR in Munich in mid-1966, with participants from six countries.

This book describes the Vietnamese cultural and political tradition and the challenge of the West to it after 1858 and the political and religious movements which developed during the first four decades of the twentieth century.

The value of this book lies in the fact that it is an effort to present a many-sided approach to the Vietnam conflict. Describes the background of the conflict and the official standpoints of the USA, the Soviet Union and the Chinese People's republic.

Takes readers on the tense US missions with the Marine helicopters and the Army HU1B's (the Hueys), the ground pounders on the embattled Delta area, and the Special Forces training of Montagnard troops to resist Communisits in the high jungles

This book contains historical information on the Vietnam War including many primary documents such as writings and speeches of key political leaders, policy statements of interested governments and monitored radio broadcasts etc.

An intrepid reporter with a long experience of Asia, the author gives a vivid account of an unprecedented visit to the areas of South Vietnam ruled by the National Front of Liberation, misnamed ""Viet Cong"" in the West