A personal account by a war historian and adoptee who discovers his biological father was a famous Marine combat photographer in Vietnam.Robert K. Brigham has had a substantial career as a historian of the Vietnam War, with a hand in nine books, a documentary, public history projects, and more. While many a historian has felt compelled at some point to write about a subject close to them personally, Brigham did not think he was doing that. But, at age fifty-eight, ...

A personal account by a war historian and adoptee who discovers his biological father was a famous Marine combat photographer in Vietnam.Robert K. Brigham has had a substantial career as a historian of the Vietnam War, with a hand in nine books, a documentary, public history projects, and more. While many a historian has felt compelled at some point to write about a subject close to them personally, Brigham did not think he was doing that. But, at age fifty-eight, ...

The leading spirits whom the Prophet Joseph Smith gathered about him in his brief but glorious career, were remarkable men. Not remarkable for illustrious birth, for they were of humble origin; not for scholarly attainments, for such were the conditions of their early life that scholastic education of a very high order was out of the question: but they were remarkable for character—that mysterious something which exists independent of birth, education or fortune. It has become proverbial t...

This book offers a concise history of US policy in Iraq since 1990 and how it has evolved over two decades.Examines US relations with Iraq from both a regional and international perspectiveArgues that the only way to clearly understand US policy toward Iraq is to see it in its proper historical context and within a transnational frameworkUses recently declassified documents at the end of each chapter to illustrate US decision-making in the wars for Iraq

Choice Outstanding TitleScorned by allies and enemies alike, the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) was one of the most maligned fighting forces in modern history. Cobbled together by U.S. advisers from the remnants of the French-inspired Vietnamese National Army, it was effectively pushed aside by the Americans in 1965. When toward the end of the war the army was compelled to reassert itself, it was too little, too late for all concerned.In this first ...

Henry Kissinger's role in the Vietnam War prolonged the American tragedy and doomed the government of South VietnamThe American war in Vietnam was concluded in 1973 after eight years of fighting, bloodshed, and loss. Yet the terms of the truce that ended the war were effectively identical to what had been offered to the Nixon administration four years earlier. Those four years cost America and Vietnam thousands of lives and billions of dollars, and they were the di...

Since the first days of the Iraqi invasion, supporters of the war have cautioned the public not to view this conflict as another Vietnam. They rightfully point to many important distinctions. There is no unified resistance in Iraq. No political or religious leader has been able to galvanize opposition to U.S. intervention the way that Ho Chi Minh did in Vietnam. And it is not likely that 580,000 American troops will find their way to Iraq.However, there are two similarities that ma...

Kenneth Salter, chairman of the math department at Marcus Rome State University, isnt a well-liked man; in fact, most people despise him. Its not surprising, therefore, when he ends up dead, slumped over in his office chair. All the animosity directed toward the professor makes this a challenging case for homicide detective Tom Warren. His list of possible suspects is long.Much to his chagrin, Warren finds himself teamed up with some law enforcement outsiders. Jim Albright is a mat...

Emily Winston lies dead in the woods, just a few feet from the trail on which shed been training for her next marathon. Hardly able to believe it themselves, investigating detectives Renaldo Hernandez and Kaitlin Richardson discover information that indicates a sick individual, with a hatred of Emilys sport, could be the culprit, a hypothesis strengthened by additional chaos affecting the running community. But dark elements arise unrelated to running, and no single theory seems to satisfa...

Pomp, circumstance, and murder mark the graduation ceremony at Marcus Rome State University. Famed philanthropist and commencement speaker, Douglas Norwood, lies dead. There is no apparent motive. A cryptic message to a local television station provides many questions but few answers. Sergeant Tom Warren and the campus police are faced with the grim task of untangling the mess.University President Norman Mulholland wants a solution fast, and appoints mathematics professor Jim Albri...

A mayor with a 72% approval rating watches helplessly as accusations of financial impropriety, burglary, and attempted manslaughter ravage her political and personal future. Retirement home dwellers Esther Haberman and ex-police Sergeant Jim Gadley, along with newly widowed Randall Carter, vow, with no concrete plan in mind, to salvage her reputation.In their investigations, they confront an apparent suicide, by hanging, in a house whose windows are barred and whose doors are secur...

Henry Kissinger's role in the Vietnam War prolonged the American tragedy and doomed the government of South VietnamThe American war in Vietnam was concluded in 1973 after eight years of fighting, bloodshed, and loss. Yet the terms of the truce that ended the war were effectively identical to what had been offered to the Nixon administration four years earlier. Those four years cost America and Vietnam thousands of lives and billions of dollars, and they were the di...