Voices from the Vietnam War : stories from American, Asian, and Russian veterans /
Li, Xiaobing, 1954-
Voices from the Vietnam War : stories from American, Asian, and Russian veterans / Xiaobing Li. - Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2010. - xvi, 279 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Buddhist soldier defends a Catholic government -- Surviving the bloody jungle -- Electronic reconnaissance vs. guerrillas -- Communist regulars from the north -- People's war against Americans -- No final victory, no family life -- Russian missile officers in Vietnam -- Dragon's tale: Chinese troops in the jungle -- Chinese response to the U.S. rolling thunder campaign -- Russian spies in Hanoi -- Long days and endless nights: an artillery story -- And then they're gone... just like that -- No John Wayne movie: real bullets, real blood -- More than meets the eye: supporting the intelligence effort -- Medevac and medcap missions and more -- Drowning tears with laughter -- Life and death of an ARVN doctor -- Korean captain and his hospital -- "Loggie's" War: napalm, fuel, bombs, and sweat -- Support and survival in Thailand -- Three great escapes -- Chinese railroad engineering operations -- Perspectives on the war.
9780813125923 (hardcover : acidfree paper) 0813125928 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
2010007779
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives.
DS559.5 / .L518 2010
959.704/30922
Voices from the Vietnam War : stories from American, Asian, and Russian veterans / Xiaobing Li. - Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2010. - xvi, 279 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Buddhist soldier defends a Catholic government -- Surviving the bloody jungle -- Electronic reconnaissance vs. guerrillas -- Communist regulars from the north -- People's war against Americans -- No final victory, no family life -- Russian missile officers in Vietnam -- Dragon's tale: Chinese troops in the jungle -- Chinese response to the U.S. rolling thunder campaign -- Russian spies in Hanoi -- Long days and endless nights: an artillery story -- And then they're gone... just like that -- No John Wayne movie: real bullets, real blood -- More than meets the eye: supporting the intelligence effort -- Medevac and medcap missions and more -- Drowning tears with laughter -- Life and death of an ARVN doctor -- Korean captain and his hospital -- "Loggie's" War: napalm, fuel, bombs, and sweat -- Support and survival in Thailand -- Three great escapes -- Chinese railroad engineering operations -- Perspectives on the war.
9780813125923 (hardcover : acidfree paper) 0813125928 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
2010007779
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives.
DS559.5 / .L518 2010
959.704/30922