TY - BOOK AU - Bonds,Ray AU - Nalty,Bernard C. AU - Allen,William Lusk TI - The Vietnam War: the illustrated history of the conflict in Southeast Asia SN - 0517536129 AV - DS557.7 .V53 1979 U1 - 959.704/3 PY - 1979/// CY - New York PB - Crown Publishers KW - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 KW - Technology N1 - "A Salamander book."; Key individuals in Southeast Asia -- Chronology of main events -- Weapons and warfare techniques used in Vietnam / David Miller -- The end of French rule in Indochina / George M. Watson and Richard O'Neill -- Rival ideologies in a divided nation / Barnard C. Nalty -- US intervention and the fall of Diem / William Michael Hammond -- Communist aggression provokes US retaliation / William Michael Hammond -- The US commitment becomes irrevocable / William Michael Hammond -- The air war against North Vietnam / Bernard C. Nalty -- A US strategy to stem the communist tide / Charles B. MacDonald -- A battle for the people's hearts and minds / Richard A. Hunt -- The military build-up in north and south / Charles B. MacDonald -- The development of the communist armies / David Miller -- US Navy and Marine Corps operations in Vietnam / Lane Rogers -- The in-country enemy : battle with the Viet Cong / Charles B. MacDonald -- Communist thrust : the Tet Offensive of 1968 / Charles B. MacDonald -- Seventy-seven days : the siege of Khe Sanh / Bernard C. Nalty -- The air war on the Laotian supply routes / Bernard C. Nalty -- Vietnamization : the south must save itself / Jeffrey J. Clarke -- Striking the communist sanctuaries in Cambodia / Jeffrey J. Clarke -- Southern defeat on the Ho Chi Minh Trail / Ronald H. Cole -- B-52s : strategic bombers in a tactical role / John T. Greenwood -- Disengagement abroad, disenchantment at home / Jacob Neufeld -- Spring 1972 : northern invasion repulsed / William L. Allen -- Defeat and retaliation : the communist triumph / Ray L. Bowers -- The continuing conflict in Southeast Asia / David Miller UR - http://www.archive.org/details/vietnamwarillust00bond UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL24223060M ER -