Vietnam War Almanac

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Facts On File, 2009 - History - 590 pages
"The Vietnam War was one of the most controversial and divisive events in U.S. history since the Civil War. Stretching from approximately 1957 to 1973, this watershed event claimed the lives of thousands of Americans and cost billions of dollars. The Vietnam War Almanac contains a detailed, day-by-day chronology of the events of this conflict and an A-to-Z dictionary of the key figures involved in the Vietnam War, in addition to a comprehensive listing of vital statistics in the appendix. Maps, illustrations, and an extensive bibliography aid further research and complete this invaluable almanac." --Book Jacket.

About the author (2009)

James H. Willbanks is director of the Department of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Kansas. Willbanks is a retired lieutenant colonel with 23 years of service as an infantry officer in various assignments, including a tour as an advisor with both the Royal Thai Army in Vietnam and the 18th Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. He is the author of Abandoning Vietnam and The Tet Offensive: A Concise History