Vietnam Cycling
Catriona continues her journey cycling through one of her most favourite places ... Vietnam. Thursday, March 25, 2004 Catriona continues her journey cycling through one of her most favourite places ... Vietnam. Cycling is a wonderful way to see ... [... more]
Getaway |
Beaumontia
An interesting rare perfumed plant is Herald's Trumpet (Beaumontia grandiflora) which has wonderful large white flowers with a sweet tropical perfume. It is a vigorous woody climber which is native to the region from India to Vietnam and belongs ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Larry Berman
Larry Berman is a professor of political science at the University of California, Davis, and the author of three well-received books on Vietnam, including No Peace, No Honor: Nixon, Kissinger, and Betrayal in Vietnam. He made more than a dozen ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Jim Thomas
Jim Thomas is owner and director emeritus of Common Ground Seminars. He is a graduate of UCLA and the Georgetown University Law Center, and served as a U.S. Air Force helicopter rescue pilot in Vietnam, receiving the distinguished Flying Cross. ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Charles Melson
This volume provides an in-depth look at the experience of the ordinary US marine 'grunt' in Vietnam. Organisation of the corps, weaponry, equipment, uniforms, training and medical arrangements are all discussed. However, where this book differs ... [... more]
Random House |
Oscar Gilbert
By 1960, following Korea, tanks and their crews had proved themselves to be a fundamental part of the Marine Corps' combined arms team. When the Marines were ordered to Vietnam in 1965, they took their tanks with them. This book explores this ... [... more]
Random House |
Randy E. M. Foster
Impressive in terms of scale and structure, the Fire Support Base became a dominant element in ground maneuver during the Vietnam War. Initially a mobile base, it soon evolved into a semi-permanent and more sophisticated fortress as a result of ... [... more]
Random House |
Tim O'Brien
Tim O'Brien received the 1979 National Book Award in Fiction for So wrote the New York Times of Tim O'Brien's now classic novel of Vietnam. Winner of the 1979 National Book Award, In this wildly funny, brilliantly inventive novel, Tim O'Brien has ... [... more]
Random House |
Christopher Ronnau
Chris Ronnau volunteered for the Army and was sent to Vietnam in January 1967, armed with an M-14 rifle and American Express traveler's checks. But the latter soon proved particularly pointless as the private first class found himself in the ... [... more]
Random House |
Fred Seligson
This practical manual draws on the teachings of Queen Tae Jin in 12th-century B.C. China. Women in China, Vietnam, Japan, and Korea still follow these rules of pregnancy to benefit the physical health, emotional stability, and spiritual nature of ... [... more]
Random House |
Death in the Jungle
With 257 combat missions in Vietnam under his belt, Gary Smith is a living witness to the realities of Naval Special Warfare. He worked with some of the toughest and most highly motivated men in the world, executing missions in the murderous ... [... more]
Random House |
Melbourne rap jumping
Rap Jumping is a forward abseiling technique stemming from a form of rope work started by the Australian Army during the Vietnam War. Facing forward allows soldiers to shoot their guns as they scale cliff faces or vertical surfaces. It was known ... [... more]
Getaway |
