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Daniel Ellsberg began his career as a U. S. Marine company commander, a Pentagon official, and a staunch supporter of America's battle against Communist expansion. But in October 1969, Ellsberg--fully expecting to spend the rest of his life in prison--set out to turn around American foreign policy by smuggling out of his office the seven-thousand-page top-secret study, known as the Pentagon Papers, of U.S. decision making in Vietnam. Ellsberg tells...

This new edition of a classic book on the impact of the Vietnam War on Americans reintroduces the haunted voices of the Vietnam era to a new generation of readers. Based on more than 500 interviews, Long Time Passing is journalist Myra MacPherson's acclaimed exploration of the wounds, pride, and guilt of those who fought and those who refused to fight the war that continues to envelop the psyche of this nation. In a new introduction, Myra MacPherson...

He's silent, invisible. He lies in one position for days, barely twitching a muscle, able to control his heartbeat and breathing. His record has never been matched: 93 confirmed kills. This is the story of Sergeant Carlos Hathcock, Marine sniper, legend of military lore.

What the experience of Vietnam meant to a young college graduate, a lieutenant in the Marine Corps.

Nurses, WACs, USO and Red Cross workers, entertainers, and civilian volunteers tell of their experiences.

Five interconnected tales set in the years between 1960 and 1999 center on the Vietnam War and weave together innocence, experience, truth, deceit, loss, and recovery.

A collection of thirty-three tours of duty presented in chronological order from 1962 through 1975.

Firsthand observations of the final years of the war in Indochina, with new information from just-declassified reports and records.