Vietnam War

What defended the US after the attack on Pearl Harbor, defeated the Soviet Union in the Cold War, and is an essential tool in the fight against terror? Aircraft carriers....

An important look at how America has won its wars in the past and how it can continue winning in the future....

Frost/Nixon tells the story of how Sir David Frost pursued and landed the biggest fish of his career - and how the series drew larger audiences than any news interview ever had....

With 257 combat missions in Vietnam under his belt, Gary Smith is a living witness to the realities of Naval Special Warfare...

From the award-winning author of The Order of the Day, a piercing account of the lesser-known conflict preceding the Vietnam War that dealt a fatal blow to French colonialism....

In 1973 US participation in the Vietnam War ended in a cease-fire and a withdrawal that included promises by President Nixon to assist the South in the event of invasion by the North. But in early 1975, when North Vietnamese forces began a full-scale assault, Congress refused to send aid....

Making the Future presents more than 50 concise and persuasively argued commentaries on U.S. politics and policies, written between 2007 and 2011....

President Bill Clinton's My Life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political gifts to serving the public....

There has been no complete biography like this one. Jack deals with the full scope of Kennedy's life - his family, his friends, his infidelities....

John Kerry tells the story of his remarkable American life - from son of a diplomat to decorated Vietnam veteran to senator to Secretary of State for four years - a revealing memoir by a witness to some of the most important events of our recent history....

Nineteen-year-old Eddie Henderson's a private in the US Army. His parents are deceased, and he has no one in his life except his platoon brothers - Porter, Rocky, and Professor. His fellow soldiers are family. But none share like he and his best friend, team leader Mitch Drexler....

The Cold War was a crucial conflict in American history. At stake was whether the world would be dominated by the forces of totalitarianism led by the Soviet Union....

Holding the Line chronicles the carrier war in Korea, focusing on frontline combat while also describing the technical development of aircraft and shipboard operations and how these all affected the broader strategic situation on the Korean Peninsula....

JFK is losing the war before it even starts. Something has to be done…The South Vietnamese are turning against their own government. Protests are...

He is the most dangerous man alive. He only wants to live in peace with his family, and forget the war that nearly killed him... It's not going to happen....

…Ben Het has tanks in the wire! “Hawk Claw is engaging,” the pilot reports firing the first TOW missile ever from a helicopter in combat. ...

A unique dual portrait shines new light on two of the most dramatic figures of the twentieth century....

Wars have played a crucial role in defining the US and its place in the world. No one is better equipped to analyze this in depth than retired US Army Gen. Wesley K. Clark, former NATO Supreme Commander....

This is part two of a series of true stories about a young helicopter pilot's tour of duty in Vietnam.

The author of Lincoln's Boys takes us inside Lyndon Johnson's White House to show how the legendary Great Society programs were actually put into practice....