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Product Description: This short study of the role of the U.S. Marines in Operation Urgent Fury is in some ways an experiment in the writing of contemporary military history. The near-coincident Beirut deployment and Grenada intervention presented us with the problem and opportunity of collecting operational history in real time...read more

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9781499538472 | Createspace Independent Pub, May 13, 2014, cover price $8.29 | About this edition: This short study of the role of the U.
9781491061428 | Createspace Independent Pub, July 31, 2013, cover price $9.25 | About this edition: This brief account was prepared within a few weeks of the events it describes and relies heavily upon the first-hand testimony of the participants as collected by Mr.
9781482391879 | Createspace Independent Pub, February 8, 2013, cover price $9.95

Traces the war in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and examines the major battles and campaigns

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9780029303603 | Free Pr, October 1, 1991, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Traces the war in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and examines the major battles and campaigns

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9780394741017 | Vintage Books, November 1, 1985, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Traces the war in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and examines the major battles and campaigns

Prebinding:

9781439512678 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, July 10, 2008), cover price $27.95

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Looks at how the end of the war in the Pacific theater of World War II led to all new conflicts and power struggles among the Asian people of the former Japanese empire, analyzing the implications of these battles between political rivals, ethnic groups, nationalist factions, and others in the wake of the war. Read by Michael Prichard. Simultaneous.

Hardcover:

9780375509155 | 1 edition (Random House Inc, July 10, 2007), cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Spector follows up on Eagle Against the Sun, his account of the American struggle against the Japanese in World War II, with a chronicle of the aftermath of this crucial conflict.

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9781400134175 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, August 1, 2007), cover price $69.99 | About this edition: Looks at how the end of the war in the Pacific theater of World War II led to new conflicts among the Asian people of the former Japanese empire, analyzing the implications of these battles between political rivals, ethnic groups, and nationalist factions.
9781400154173 | Mp3 una edition (Tantor Media Inc, August 1, 2007), cover price $24.99 | About this edition: Looks at how the end of the war in the Pacific theater of World War II led to new conflicts among the Asian people of the former Japanese empire, analyzing the implications of these battles between political rivals, ethnic groups, and nationalist factions.
9781400104178 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, July 1, 2007), cover price $34.99 | About this edition: Looks at how the end of the war in the Pacific theater of World War II led to new conflicts among the Asian people of the former Japanese empire, analyzing the implications of these battles between political rivals, ethnic groups, and nationalist factions.

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Product Description: The present volume describes the activities of the U.S. Army in Vietnam during World War II, military advice and assistance to the French government during the immediate postwar years, and the advisory program that developed after the Geneva Agreements of 1954...read more

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9781410220462 | Univ Pr of the Pacific, February 28, 2005, cover price $29.50 | About this edition: The present volume describes the activities of the U.

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Product Description: A fascinating account of the most important naval conflicts of the 20th century. Begins with a gripping narrative of one of the most decisive battles in history -- the 1905 Battle of Tsushima between the Japanese & the Russians -- & ends with the sophisticated missile engagements off the Falklands & in the Persian Gulf...read more

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9780756757700 | Diane Pub Co, May 1, 2003, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: A fascinating account of the most important naval conflicts of the 20th century.

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A former director of naval history draws on more than a hundred diaries, memoirs, letter, interviews, and public records to provide an account of the most important naval conflicts of the twentieth century, from the 1905 Battle of Tsushima to the sophisticated missile engagements off the Falklands and the Persian Gulf. Reprint. (view table of contents)

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9780670860852 | Viking Pr, May 1, 2001, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Draws on diaries, memoirs, letters, interviews, and public records to provide an account of the most important naval conflicts of the twentieth century, from the 1905 Battle of Tsushima to the war in the Persian Gulf.

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9780140246018 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, May 1, 2002), cover price $24.00 | About this edition: A former director of naval history draws on more than a hundred diaries, memoirs, letter, interviews, and public records to provide an account of the most important naval conflicts of the twentieth century, from the 1905 Battle of Tsushima to the sophisticated missile engagements off the Falklands and the Persian Gulf.

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A fact-packed reference guide to U.S. military history covers battles, men, and weapons that made the difference from the Revolution to the Gulf War, with more than 1,100 entries written by more than five hundred distinguished contributors. (view table of contents)
By Fred Anderson (editor), John Whiteclay Chambers, II (editor), Lynn Eden (editor), Joseph T. Glatthaar (editor) and Ronald H. Spector (editor)

Hardcover:

9780195071986 | Oxford Univ Pr, April 13, 2000, cover price $85.00 | About this edition: Covers the entire spectrum of American military history with essays on the major wars and battles, weapons, and leaders

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Looks at the battles that took place in Vietnam in 1968, describes the conditions under which American troops had to live and fight, and discusses the reasons the war dragged on

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9780029303801 | Free Pr, January 1, 1993, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Recounts the experience of American soldiers in the Vietnam War during the watershed year of 1968, which saw individual bravery against the background of political vacillation, the deterioration of race relations, and the growth of the drug culture.

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9780679750468 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, February 1, 1994), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Looks at the battles that took place in Vietnam in 1968, describes the conditions under which American troops had to live and fight, and discusses the reasons the war dragged on

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Hardcover:

9780872495593 | Reissue edition (Univ of South Carolina Pr, March 1, 1988), cover price $29.95

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9780029303702 | Free Pr, March 1, 1985, cover price $3.98 | also contains Dragon Lore: The Official Strategy Guide | About this edition: Used Book

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Product Description: United States Army in Vietnam. Traces the origins of the Army's involvement in Indochina from World War 2 to the end of the Eisenhower Administration.

Hardcover:

9780160016004 | United States Government Printing, December 1, 1983, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: United States Army in Vietnam.

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