Cold War: A Captivating Guide to the Korean War and Vietnam War
Written by Captivating History
Narrated by Duke Holm
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About this audiobook
Explore the Cold War and Get a Deeper Understanding of the Korean and Vietnam War
Two captivating manuscripts in one audiobook:
- Korean War: A Captivating Guide to Korean War History
- Vietnam War: A Captivating Guide to the Second Indochina War
The narrative of the Korean War in the West, and particularly in the United States, tells the tale of a conflict between two global superpowers and competing ideologies in a far-flung corner of the globe.
Some of the topics covered in the first part of this audiobook include:
- The Japanese Ascendency: 1910-1945
- A Korea Divided: The US Occupation of the South
- The Forging of the North Korean State
- First Blood: The Outbreak of War
- Strike Hard and Strike Fast: The US Retreat
- Bittersweet Victories: American Revival and China’s Decision to Cross the Yalu
- How Do You Solve a Problem Like China?
- The Bloody Ceasefire and Looming Bomb
- The Legacy of the Korean War
- And a Great Deal More that You don't Want to Miss out on!
The Vietnam War represented a watershed not only in American and Vietnamese history but also internationally. It wasn’t just a battle between two nations, but between two ideologies, two military strategies and a fight for the hearts and minds of two vastly different national populations.
Some of the topics covered in the second part of this audiobook include:
- The French and the First Indochina War
- Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire: The Government of Ngo Dinh Diem
- Pragmatism and Idealism
- The Death of Two Catholic Presidents
- Smoke and Mirrors: Johnson’s War
- The American War Machine
- The Tet Nightmare
- Nixon and Kissinger
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