The easiest, most convenient way to learn about the Vietnam War is by reading my new book. Vietnam: On the Outside Looking In.
In this book you will learn the History of the events leading up to the war starting with the day Japan surrendered at the end of World War II.
You will learn the vocabulary of the war as spoken by the soldiers in the field.
You will learn of the experiences of a soldier at Ia Drang, a prisoner of war at the Hanoi Hilton, 2 Silver Star recipients, 2 country boy medics, an ambush leading to the deaths of American soldiers, the story of the M-16, the events of My Lai, Dak To, the story of the Montagnards of the central highlands the TET Offensive, the day Martin Luther King was killed, and the stress of visiting the homes of KIAs. All followed up by articles of ways to deal with POST TRAUMATIC STRESS.
If you like history, personalized by those who lived it, and willing to grasp the events that led these young people to war, and how that war changed their lives, you will want to read this book.War came for our soldiers, many returned with hidden wounds, their experiences changed their lives!