Dirty Little Secrets of the Vietnam War: Military Information You're Not Supposed to KnowJames F. Dunnigan and Albert A Nofi's Dirty Little Secrets of the Vietnam War allows us to see what really happened to American forces in Southeast Asia, separating popular myth from explosive reality in a clear, concise manner. |
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DIRTY LIITLE SECRETS OF THE VIETNAM WAR: Military Information You're Not Supposed to Know
User Review - KirkusPrecious few secrets are revealed in this densely scattershot look at multiple aspects of the Vietnam War. Perhaps a better title for this wide-ranging book might be "An Enormous Number of Vietnam War ... Read full review
this book is adequate. I found no typos.
Contents
The FortyYear War | 25 |
In The Bush Ground Combat | 59 |
Trashing the Battlefield | 63 |
Armor in Vietnam | 71 |
FNGs Getting Short and Staying Alive | 77 |
Creating ARVN | 85 |
General Monsoon | 92 |
Tigers Elephants Poisonous Reptiles and Determined Vermin | 98 |
106 | 236 |
Numbers and Losses | 240 |
The Home Front | 257 |
The Other Side | 267 |
Logistics | 291 |
The Combat Units | 302 |
The Aftermath | 329 |
A Vietnam War Glossary Acronyms | 345 |
Slicks Puffs and Fast Movers | 106 |
Blue Water Green Water Brown Water | 139 |
Base Camp Follies | 154 |
War in the Shadows | 168 |
Leadership | 203 |
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