Wittman Sandra (4 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Printing. First printing. An excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2001 Soft Cover. xix, 578 pp. The Vietnam War was the defining event of recent U.S. history, a tragic struggle that cost the lives of 58,000 Americans and 970,000 Vietnamese. The three-volume Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War, edited by Spencer Tucker, has been hailed as the most comprehensive reference work on that watershed event. Now Tucker has produced an abridged one-volume edition, a miracle of concision that includes virtually all the entries found in the parent volume, in condensed form. Here are more than 900 alphabetically arranged entries--plus over 200 primary source documents--that illuminate every aspect of the Vietnam War. There are entries on Buddhists, defoliation, post-traumatic stress disorder, the fall of Ngo Dinh Diem, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The volume covers military and domestic fronts; air, land, and sea campaigns and battles; weapons, strategies, and tactics; key Vietnamese and American figures; the anti-war movement and international repercussions of the war; and the impact of the war on film, art, literature, and society. The volume also includes important background information, such as the developments that led to U.S. involvement in the war and postwar Vietnamese history to the present. Tucker provides extensive coverage of both American and Vietnamese perspectives, and has incorporated numerous entries by Vietnamese contributors.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. UK 2014 softcover edition in near fine condition. Minimal wear, no inscriptions.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Tiny shallow bump to book top edge. [315 pages]. Volume Three features vital documents relating to the Vietnam War.

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, illus prelims, xix + 385pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl scuffing to extrems, sl soiling & light creasing/folding to page edges & corners) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling).