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Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century
Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century

Wojciech Roszkowski, Jan Kofman

2016

MEMOIR

Drawing on newly accessible archives as well as memoirs and other sources, this biographical dictionary documents the lives of some two thousand notable figures in twentieth-century Central and Easter...

Same eventSame war
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The Last Years of Austria-Hungary
The Last Years of Austria-Hungary

Mark Cornwall

1990

NON-FICTION

The emergence of central Europe and the Balkans as a major area of interest and international concern in post-Cold War Europe have given the fall of the Habsburg Empire and the consequences of that fa...

Same eventSame war
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The Times History of the 20th Century
The Times History of the 20th Century

R. J. Overy

1999

NON-FICTION

A major new edition of a best-selling classic of contemporay history

Same eventSame war
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The Longman Encyclopedia
The Longman Encyclopedia

Asa Briggs

1989

NON-FICTION
Same eventSame war
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Hue 1968

Mark Bowden

2017

NON-FICTION

Gripping account of the bloodiest battle of the Tet Offensive and the Vietnam War's turning point.

Tags: Asia, Cold War, Combined Arms, Guerrilla, Modern
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We Were Soldiers Once... and Young

Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore & Joseph L. Galloway

1992

NON-FICTION

Definitive account of the Battle of Ia Drang Valley in 1965, the first major engagement between US forces and the NVA.

Tags: Asia, Cold War, Combined Arms, Guerrilla, Modern
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The Things They Carried

Tim O'Brien

1990

FICTION

Landmark work of fiction-as-memoir about American soldiers in Vietnam. One of the most acclaimed war novels of the 20th century.

Tags: Asia, Cold War, Combined Arms, Guerrilla, Modern
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Dispatches

Michael Herr

1977

MEMOIR

Iconic New Journalism account of the Vietnam War by a war correspondent. Its prose style influenced an entire generation of war writing.

Tags: Asia, Cold War, Combined Arms, Guerrilla, Modern
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A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam

Neil Sheehan

1988

NON-FICTION

Pulitzer Prize–winning account of the Vietnam War seen through the career of John Paul Vann, a soldier who saw through official optimism.

Tags: Asia, Cold War, Guerrilla
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On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir

Hampton Sides

2018

NON-FICTION

Gripping narrative of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir — where 15,000 UN troops were surrounded by 120,000 Chinese soldiers in brutal Korean winter and fought their way to the sea.

Tags: Asia, Cold War
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Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America

Evan Wright

2004

NON-FICTION

Rolling Stone journalist's embedded account of the 1st Recon Battalion's charge through Iraq in the opening weeks of the 2003 invasion — raw, unfiltered, and unflinching.

Tags: Combined Arms, Modern
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Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs

H.R. McMaster

1997

NON-FICTION

Controversial argument that the Vietnam War was lost as much by deception and institutional failures at the top of the U.S. military and government as by battlefield failure.

Tags: Asia, Cold War
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The Battle for the Falklands
The Battle for the Falklands

Max Hastings, Simon Jenkins

1983

NON-FICTION

"Must be read by all our military people and anyone who wants to find out what really happened on the Falkland Islands." -James M. Gavin

Tags: Combined Arms, Modern
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Chosin Reservoir: Defensive, Retrograde, Winter, 1st Marine Division, 27 November-11 December 1950

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

1983

NON-FICTION

This battle analysis addresses the battle of Chosin Reservoir from 27 November to 11 December 1950 in northeastern North Korea during which the 1st Marine Division and some attached U.S. Army units fo...

Tags: Asia, Cold War
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Frozen Chosin

Edwin H. Simmons, Usmc (Ret ) Brigadier General Simmons

2014

NON-FICTION

Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, Chosin also called Changjin, campaign early in the Korean War, part of the Chinese Second Offensive (November–December 1950) to drive the United Nations out of North Ko...

Tags: Asia, Cold War
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Chosin Reservoir: Defensive, Retrograde, Winter, 1st Marine Division, 27 NOV-11 DEC 1950

F.M. Berger

1983

NON-FICTION

Analyse fra Korea-krigen af kampene ved Chosin, hvor 1. US Marine Division, der var omringet af talstærke kinesiske styrker, slog sig igennem medbringende deres materiel og sårede.

Tags: Asia, Cold War
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Attack at Chosin
Attack at Chosin

Xiaobing Li

2020

NON-FICTION

For members of the U.S. Army’s “Task Force Faith” and the First Marine Division, the Battle of Chosin Reservoir is an epic story of survival, courage, and ingenuity. Their exploits are well known—wove...

Tags: Asia, Cold War
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Chosin
Chosin

Eric Hammel

2007

NON-FICTION

It was 1950, a brutally cold November in North Korea, and the war seemed all but over. And then a force of nearly 70,000 Chinese "volunteers" crossed the Yalu River, encircling the 30,000 United Natio...

Tags: Asia, Cold War
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35th Anniversary, the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea

Chosin Few (Association)

1985

NON-FICTION
Tags: Asia, Cold War
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East of Chosin
East of Chosin

Roy Edgar Appleman

2002

NON-FICTION

"Well written and meticulously researched ... East of Chosin is military history at its best". -- Harry G. Summers, Jr., Washington Post Book World

Tags: Asia, Cold War