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Title: Dirty Little Secrets of the Vietnam War by James F. Dunnigan, Albert A. Nofi ISBN: 0-312-25282-X Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.11 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: FORGET THE TITLE... IT'S MARKETING FOLKS..
Comment: OK, SO THE TITLE IS A MISNONER..
AS A HISTORY LOVER, (44 years ) I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT THIS IS A MUST READ FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO KNOW THE INTER WORKINGS OF BEING AT WAR IN VIETNAM.
THIS IS NOT A BOOK YOU BREEZE THROUGH IN A COUPLE HOURS.
I FOUND MYSELF STOPPING, DIGESTING INFORMATION, SORTING OUT WHAT I HAD THOUGHT WAS FACT AND EVALUATING THE AUTHORS COMMENTS.
SO WHERE IS IT WRITTEN THAT EVERYTHING IN A NON-FICTION BOOK IS 100% CORRECT?
MISTAKES ARE MADE AND OF COURSE THE AUTHORS PERCEPTIONS OF " FACTS " POP UP IN HIS WRITINGS.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHY ONE MUST READ THE SUBJECT MATERIAL
BY OTHER WRITERS.
THIS BOOK OFFERS A GOOD QUICK INDEX TO GO BACK AND RE-READ THOSE AREAS THAT INTEREST YOU MOST.
THIS BOOK IS JAM FULL OF MILITARY INFO THAT MOST US REALLY ENJOY KNOWING ABOUT.
GO BUY IT AND I THINK MOST OF YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME.. THIS IS GOOD STUFF.
Rating: 2
Summary: Title is misnomer
Comment: The title is a misnomer. Virtually everything is covered in other books on Vietnam. I suspect that the reviewers who praised this book on the basis of it containing hitherto unrevealed information simply have not read anything else on the subject. It does give a pretty good, if somewhat superficial overview of the war as well as the background history leading up to it. I would recommend it except for the pervasive (but not overwhelming) right wing cant. For example, the authors state that one of the reasons the war was lost by the South was that the superpowers supporting the North had more will and staying power than those (actually, one, the U.S.) supporting the South. They neglect to mention that the Americans were fighting and dying there but Russians and Chinese were not. They also adhere to the pervasive, but very questionable premise that had we been allowed to bring our full military power to bear, we would have won. They do acknowlege that U.S. losses would have been much higher and the subsequent occupation would also have been very costly and prolonged. Still, there is much information conveniently collated here from many diverse sources and if one decided to read only a single book on Vietnam, one could do worse.
Rating: 5
Summary: good information of the Viet Nam War
Comment: I enjoyed this book, and learned a few things.
Having lived through this period, ( Viet Nam) and being former Military, I knew some of this, and could relate to much of it. It is obvious the Authors dug a little to get the nitty gritty, facts on several events.
In Depth of the inhumanity of William Calley Jr. is discussed, and how the military tried to cover-up his war crimes.
Colin Powell, is discussed as "one of Robert McNamara's Slide Rule Commandos" at the Defense Department, spending a month trying to determine, when the most likely night the VC would attack. ( It would have taken just five (5) minutes to ask any experienced soldier in Viet Nam to tell you the answer----"A moonless night") p. 257
For me, it was enjoyable reading, it brought back memories, and confirmed rumors, we heard, as well as some of us knew.
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Title: Dirty Little Secrets of World War Ii : Military Information No One Told You... by James F. Dunnigan ISBN: 0688122884 Publisher: Perennial Currents Pub. Date: 14 March, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Dirty Little Secrets of the Twentieth Century by James F. Dunnigan ISBN: 0688170684 Publisher: Perennial Currents Pub. Date: 06 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Blood Road: The Ho Chi Minh Trail and the Vietnam War by John Prados, John Prados ISBN: 047137945X Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 10 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Why The North Won The Vietnam War by Marc Jason Gilbert ISBN: 0312295278 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Pub. Date: 31 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Dirty Little Secrets: Military Information You're Not Supposed to Know by James F. Dunnigan, Albert A. Nofi ISBN: 0688112706 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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