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Vietnam - Nha Trang, Dalat & the Southern Highlands
Hunter Publishing 2012; US$ 8.99Nha Trang has a huge variety of hotels, almost all within a few blocks of the Pacific beaches. Most of the hotels have gardens with restaurants, and all offer decent Asian and Western food. There are lots of ocean-front bars and some discos open until all hours. People come to Nha Trang for three reasons: To eat seafood, to chill out, and to try the... more...
Ho Chi Minh City Sights
MobileReference 2012; US$ 3.99This illustrated Travel Guide is a part of the Mobi Sights series, our concise guides that only feature the most essential information on city attractions. This guide is designed for optimal navigation on eReaders, smartphones, and other mobile electronic devices. Inside you will find a locator map and a list of top attractions linked to individual... more...
Demokratie und Völkermord
Wallstein Verlag 2012; US$ 8.61Hauptbeschreibung Einerseits wurden die in den 1990er Jahren weltweit erhobenen Forderungen indigener Völker nach kultureller Anerkennung und politischer Teilhabe vielfach als Ausdruck einer voranschreitenden Demokratisierung gedeutet, andererseits gelten die Bürgerkriege in Jugoslawien oder Ruanda im gleichen Jahrzehnt als Extremformen einer ethnischen... more...
Der Entwicklungsprozess der Sozialistischen Republik Vietnam
Springer 2012; US$ 64.99Vietnam hat viel Anerkennung für seine Erfolge in Sachen Armutsbekämpfung erhalten. Der Umbau hin zu einer sozialistisch orientierten Marktwirtschaft setzte privatwirtschaftliche Kräfte frei und begrüßte ausländische Investoren. Aber einzig die allein regierende Kommunistische Partei bestimmt die Richtung der... more...
Death Zones and Darling Spies
UNP - Nebraska Paperback 2013; US$ 26.95In 1961, equipped with a master?s degree from famed Columbia Journalism School and letters of introduction to Associated Press bureau chiefs in Asia, twenty-six-year-old Beverly Deepe set off on a trip around the world. Allotting just two weeks to South Vietnam, she was still there seven years later, having then earned the distinction of being the... more...
The Lost Battalion of Tet
Naval Institute Press 2013; US$ 23.95Published to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Tet Offensive, this new paperback edition brings back into print a book that became an essential source for a 2006 study of the battle by the U.S. Army s Center of Military History. It takes a critical look at what went wrong in early 1968 during one of the first engagements of Tet, when a U.S.... more...
Rampant Raider
Naval Institute Press 2013; US$ 32.50A member of Light Attack Squadron 212 s "Rampant Raiders," A-4 pilot Stephen R. Gray writes about his experiences flying combat sorties from the deck of an aircraft carrier during one of the most intense periods of aerial combat in U.S. history. From the perspective of a junior naval aviator, Gray reveals the lessons he learned first at the Naval... more...
Vietnam Today
Intercultural Press 2005; US$ 22.95Vietnam is faced with pressing political social and economic problems but is full of promise and potential ''pulsating with energy and steeped in dreams.'' Research included interviews and surveys of Vietnamese professionals who have extensive experience with foreigners, and expatriates from numerous Western nations living and working in Vietnam. more...
The Country of Memory
University of California Press 2001; US$ 15.95The American experience in the Vietnam War has been the subject of a vast body of scholarly work, yet surprisingly little has been written about how the war is remembered by Vietnamese themselves. The Country of Memory fills this gap in the literature by addressing the subject of history, memory, and commemoration of the Vietnam War in modern day... more...
Assuming the Burden
University of California Press 2005; US$ 15.95This beautifully crafted and solidly researched book explains why and how the United States made its first commitment to Vietnam in the late 1940s. Mark Atwood Lawrence deftly explores the process by which the Western powers set aside their fierce disagreements over colonialism and extended the Cold War fight into the Third World. Drawing on an unprecedented... more...









