Vietnam Magazine
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Vietnam Magazine is a full-color history magazine published bi-monthly which covers the Vietnam War
. It was founded in 1988 by the late Colonel Harry G. Summers, Jr.
Colonel Summers served in the U.S. Army in both Korea and Vietnam, where he was twice wounded and decorated for valor. The current editor is David T. Zabecki, a major general in the U.S. Army Reserve and presently the Deputy Chief of Staff for Mobilization and Reserve Affairs for U.S. Army Europe.
Contributors to Vietnam include journalists, military historians, political analysts and the commanders and men who served. Many article's are first-person accounts of combat operations, including personal interviews with enlisted men and officers, and specs on units and weaponry.
Some distinguished contributors to Vietnam include:
Vietnam is published in Leesburg, Va., by the Weider History Group, along with the publications America's Civil War
and Civil War Times.
Vietnam has a number of recurring departments, including:
Personality - Study of an individual person in the Vietnam War
Arsenal - Profiles on the armament, artillery, armor and supplies used in the war
Fighting Forces - Study of an individual unit in the war
Perspectives - First-hand accounts of experiences in the Vietnam War
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
. It was founded in 1988 by the late Colonel Harry G. Summers, Jr.
Harry G. Summers, Jr.
Harry G. Summers, Jr. is best known as the author of the neo-Clausewitzean analysis of the Vietnam War titled, On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War . Summers was an infantry colonel in the United States Army, and had served as a squad leader in the Korean War and as a battalion...
Colonel Summers served in the U.S. Army in both Korea and Vietnam, where he was twice wounded and decorated for valor. The current editor is David T. Zabecki, a major general in the U.S. Army Reserve and presently the Deputy Chief of Staff for Mobilization and Reserve Affairs for U.S. Army Europe.
Contributors to Vietnam include journalists, military historians, political analysts and the commanders and men who served. Many article's are first-person accounts of combat operations, including personal interviews with enlisted men and officers, and specs on units and weaponry.
Some distinguished contributors to Vietnam include:
- Major General Huynh Van CaoHuynh Van CaoMajor General Huỳnh Văn Cao was an officer in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. He was born on September 26, 1927.He is married and has ten children and more than 20 grandchildren. In 1950, he graduated from Military school in Huế. He then attended College of Tactics and graduated in Hanoi in...
, commander of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam 7th Division - Colonel David H. HackworthDavid H. HackworthColonel David Haskell Hackworth also known as "Hack", was the most highly decorated soldier in United States military history having received 24 decorations for heroism in combat from the Distinguished Service Cross to the Army Commendation Medal. He was also a prominent military journalist...
, Vietnam veteran and prominent military journalist - General Nguyen Duc Huy, commander of the NVA 351st Division
- Senator John McCainJohn McCainJohn Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election....
, retired U.S. Navy aviator and senator from Arizona - Oliver StoneOliver StoneWilliam Oliver Stone is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Stone became well known in the late 1980s and the early 1990s for directing a series of films about the Vietnam War, for which he had previously participated as an infantry soldier. His work frequently focuses on...
, Vietnam veteran and director of PlatoonPlatoon (film)Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone and stars Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe and Charlie Sheen. It is the first of Stone's Vietnam War trilogy, followed by 1989's Born on the Fourth of July and 1993's Heaven & Earth....
and Born on the Fourth of JulyBorn on the Fourth of July (film)Born on the Fourth of July is a 1989 American film adaptation of the best selling autobiography of the same name by Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic. Tom Cruise plays Kovic, in a performance that earned him his first Academy Award nomination. Oliver Stone co-wrote the screenplay with Kovic, and also... - General William WestmorelandWilliam WestmorelandWilliam Childs Westmoreland was a United States Army General, who commanded US military operations in the Vietnam War at its peak , during the Tet Offensive. He adopted a strategy of attrition against the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam and the North Vietnamese Army. He later served as...
, Commander U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
Vietnam is published in Leesburg, Va., by the Weider History Group, along with the publications America's Civil War
America's Civil War
America's Civil War is a full-color history magazine published bi-monthly which covers the American Civil War. It was established in 1988 by editor Roy Morris Jr. It covers the battles, campaigns, leaders, and common soldiers of the Civil War...
and Civil War Times.
Vietnam has a number of recurring departments, including:
Personality - Study of an individual person in the Vietnam War
Arsenal - Profiles on the armament, artillery, armor and supplies used in the war
Fighting Forces - Study of an individual unit in the war
Perspectives - First-hand accounts of experiences in the Vietnam War