Lyt når som helst, hvor som helst

Nyd den ubegrænsede adgang til tusindvis af spændende e- og lydbøger - helt gratis

  • Lyt og læs så meget du har lyst til
  • Opdag et kæmpe bibliotek fyldt med fortællinger
  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals
  • Opsig når som helst
Start tilbuddet
DK - Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

Year of the Hawk: America's Descent into Vietnam, 1965

1 Bedømmelse

3

Varighed
11T 44M
Sprog
Engelsk
Format
Kategori

Historie

From a celebrated military historian, a powerful, “highly recommended” (Library Journal, starred review) account of the most pivotal year of the Vietnam War—the cataclysm that “continues to haunt American politics and culture” (Publishers Weekly).

The Vietnam War was the greatest disaster in the history of American foreign policy. The conflict shook the nation to its foundations, exacerbating already deep cleavages in American society, and left the country baffled and ambivalent about its role in the world. Year of the Hawk is a military and political history of the war in Vietnam during 1965—the pivotal first year of the American conflict, when the United States decided to intervene directly with combat units in a struggle between communist and pro-Western forces in South Vietnam that had raged on and off for twenty years. By December 1965, a powerful communist offensive had been turned back, and the US Army had prevailed in one of the most dramatic battles in American military history, but nonetheless there were many signs and portents that US involvement would soon slide toward the tipping point of tragedy. Vividly interweaving events in the US capital with action in Southeast Asia, historian James A. Warren explores the mindsets and strategies of the adversaries and concludes that, in the end, Washington was not so much outfought in Vietnam as outthought by revolutionaries pursuing a brilliant, protracted war strategy. Based on new research, Year of the Hawk offers fresh insight into how a nationalist movement led by communists in a small country defeated the most powerful nation on earth and is “a well-researched overview of how America got into Vietnam—and why it shouldn’t have” (Kirkus Reviews).

© 2022 Simon & Schuster Audio (Lydbog): 9781797148731

Udgivelsesdato

Lydbog: 29. november 2022

Andre kan også lide...

  1. Old Breed General: How Marine Corps General William H. Rupertus Broke the Back of the Japanese in World War II from Guadalcanal to Peleliu Don Brown
  2. The Greatest Raid of All: Operation Chariot and the Mission to Destroy the Normandie Dock at St Nazaire C.E. Lucas Phillips
  3. Whistles from the Graveyard: My Time Behind the Camera on War, Rage, and Restless Youth in Afghanistan Miles Lagoze
  4. Ghostriders 1968-1975: "Mors De Caelis" Combat History of the AC-130 Spectre Gunship, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia (1) William Walter
  5. Outmaneuvered: America's Tragic Encounter with Warfare from Vietnam to Afghanistan James A. Warren
  6. On to Stalingrad: Operation Winter Thunderstorm and the attempt to relieve Sixth Army, December 1942 Horst Scheibert
  7. The Guns of John Moses Browning: The Remarkable Story of the Inventor Whose Firearms Changed the World Nathan Gorenstein
  8. Blue Water War: The Maritime Struggle in the Mediterranean and Middle East, 1940–1945 Brian E. Walter
  9. The Longest Campaign: Britain's Maritime Struggle in the Atlantic and Northwest Europe, 1939–1945 Brian E. Walter
  10. Dark Sun: The Making Of The Hydrogen Bomb Richard Rhodes
  11. Six Victories: North Africa Malta and the Mediterranean Convoy War November 1941–March 1942: North Africa Malta and the Mediterranean Convoy War November 1941-March 1942 Vincent P. O'Hara
  12. Pacific Payback: The Carrier Aviators Who Avenged Pearl Harbor at the Battle of Midway Stephen L. Moore
  13. War's End: An Eyewitness Account of America's Last Atomic Mission Maj. Gen. Charles W. Sweeney
  14. Bloody Verrieres: The I. SS-Panzerkorps Defence of the Verrieres-Bourguebus Ridges: Volume I: Operations Goodwood and Atlantic, July 18–22, 1944 Arthur W. Gullachsen
  15. The Suicide Battalion J.L. McWilliams
  16. War on the Border: Villa, Pershing, the Texas Rangers, and an American Invasion Jeff Guinn
  17. The Battle of Khe Sanh: The History and Legacy of the Major Battle that Preceded the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War Charles River Editors
  18. Canberra Boys: Fascinating Accounts from the Operators of an English Electric Classic Andrew Brookes
  19. Hitler's Jet Plane From the Romans to the Present: A Narrative History: The ME 262 Story Mano Ziegler
  20. Maritime Dominion and the Triumph of the Free World: Naval Campaigns that Shaped the Modern World 1852-2001 Peter Padfield
  21. Killing Hitler’s Reich: The Battle for Austria 1945 William Alan Webb
  22. Mosquito Men: The Elite Pathfinders of 627 Squadron David Price
  23. Flying from the Black Hole: The B-52 Navigator-Bombardiers of Vietnam Robert O. Harder
  24. Fighter Group: The 352nd Blue-Nosed Bastards in World War II: The 352nd “Blue-Nosed Bastards” in World War II Jay A. Stout
  25. Nazis on the Potomac: The Top-Secret Intelligence Operation that Helped Win World War II Robert K. Sutton
  26. Flames in the Sky Pierre Clostermann
  27. Last Mission to Tokyo: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raiders and Their Final Fight for Justice Michel Paradis
  28. In Good Faith: A History of the Vietnam War Volume I – 1945–65: A History of the Vietnam War Volume I: 1945-65 Sergio Miller
  29. Marshall and His Generals: U.S. Army Commanders in World War II Stephen R. Taaffe
  30. This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War History T. R. Fehrenbach
  31. Grey Wolf, Grey Sea: Aboard the German Submarine U-124 in World War II E.B. Gasaway
  32. Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway Jonathan Parshall
  33. The Road to Dien Bien Phu: A History of the First War for Vietnam Christopher Goscha
  34. The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach John C. McManus
  35. A Time for War: Veterans’ Stories from One American Town: Scituate, Massachusetts Ronald B. Wheatley
  36. They Were Soldiers: The Sacrifices and Contributions of Our Vietnam Veterans Joseph L. Galloway
  37. The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism John U. Bacon
  38. Spying on the Reich: The Cold War Against Hitler R. T. Howard
  39. Battalion Commanders at War: U.S. Army Tactical Leadership in the Mediterranean Theater, 1942-1943 Steven Thomas Barry
  40. Japan Runs Wild, 1942-1943 Peter Harmsen
  41. Operation Columba: The Secret Pigeon Service: The Untold Story of World War II Resistance in Europe Gordon Corera
  42. War at Sea: A Shipwrecked History from Antiquity to the Twentieth Century James P. Delgado
  43. TDY Douglas Valentine
  44. Visual Friendlies, Tally Target: How Close Air Support in the War on Terror Changed the Way America Made War: Volume I: Invasions Ethan Brown
  45. Crisis Convoy: The Story of HX231, A Turning Point in the Battle of the Atlantic Sir Peter Gretton
  46. The Grey Goose of Arnhem: The Story of the Most Amazing Mass Escape of World War II Leo Heaps

Vælg dit abonnement

  • Over 600.000 titler

  • Download og nyd titler offline

  • Eksklusive titler + Mofibo Originals

  • Børnevenligt miljø (Kids Mode)

  • Det er nemt at opsige når som helst

Flex

For dig som vil prøve Mofibo.

89 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 20 timer/måned

  • Gem op til 100 ubrugte timer

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Prøv gratis
Den mest populære

Premium

For dig som lytter og læser ofte.

129 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • 100 timer/måned

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Unlimited

For dig som lytter og læser ubegrænset.

149 kr. /måned
  • 1 konto

  • Ubegrænset adgang

  • Eksklusivt indhold hver uge

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Ingen binding

Start tilbuddet

Family

For dig som ønsker at dele historier med familien.

Fra 179 kr. /måned
  • 2-6 konti

  • 100 timer/måned pr. konto

  • Fri lytning til podcasts

  • Kun 39 kr. pr. ekstra konto

  • Ingen binding

2 konti

179 kr. /måned
Start tilbuddet