--- product_id: 78483673 title: "Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975" price: "233.99 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/78483673-vietnam-an-epic-tragedy-1945-1975 store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Comprehensive 30-year conflict coverage Detailed battle and political analysis Exclusive firsthand interviews from all sides Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975 **Price:** 233.99 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 📖 Dive deep into history’s most complex war — don’t miss the story everyone’s still talking about! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975 - **How much does it cost?** 233.99 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/78483673-vietnam-an-epic-tragedy-1945-1975) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Lessons for Today:** Discover timeless political and military lessons relevant to modern conflicts. - • **Balanced & Nuanced:** Go beyond American narratives to understand the Vietnamese perspective and shared tragedies. - • **Epic Battle Narratives:** Relive iconic moments like Dienbienphu and the Tet Offensive with vivid, strategic insights. - • **Unmatched Depth & Scope:** Explore the entire Vietnam War from 1945-1975 in one definitive volume. - • **Voices of the Forgotten:** Experience raw, personal testimonies from Vietcong guerrillas to US Marines. ## Overview Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975 by Max Hastings is a critically acclaimed, bestselling modern history that blends political and military narratives with gripping personal accounts from both American and Vietnamese participants. Drawing on extensive interviews and archival research, it offers a balanced, comprehensive perspective on the Vietnam War’s defining battles, cultural impact, and enduring lessons. ## Description An absorbing and definitive modern history of the Vietnam War from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Secret War. Vietnam became the Western world’s most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on both sides, as well as researching a multitude of American and Vietnamese documents and memoirs, to create an epic narrative of an epic struggle. He portrays the set pieces of Dienbienphu, the 1968 Tet offensive, the air blitz of North Vietnam, and also much less familiar miniatures such as the bloodbath at Daido, where a US Marine battalion was almost wiped out, together with extraordinary recollections of Ho Chi Minh’s warriors. Here are the vivid realities of strife amid jungle and paddies that killed two million people. Many writers treat the war as a US tragedy, yet Hastings sees it as overwhelmingly that of the Vietnamese people, of whom forty died for every American. US blunders and atrocities were matched by those committed by their enemies. While all the world has seen the image of a screaming, naked girl seared by napalm, it forgets countless eviscerations, beheadings, and murders carried out by the communists. The people of both former Vietnams paid a bitter price for the Northerners’ victory in privation and oppression. Here is testimony from Vietcong guerrillas, Southern paratroopers, Saigon bargirls, and Hanoi students alongside that of infantrymen from South Dakota, Marines from North Carolina, and Huey pilots from Arkansas. No past volume has blended a compelling political history and military narrative of the entire conflict with heart-stopping personal experiences, in the fashion that Max Hastings’ readers know so well. The author suggests that neither side deserved to win this struggle with so many lessons for the twenty-first century about the misuse of military might to confront intractable political and cultural challenges. He marshals testimony from warlords and peasants, statesmen and soldiers, to create an extraordinary record of this defining 20th Century conflict. This definitive account explores the war through the eyes of those who lived it. A Balanced Perspective: Go beyond a purely American viewpoint to understand the conflict as the Vietnamese people experienced it, where forty of their own died for every US soldier. Vivid Oral History: Hear directly from Vietcong guerrillas, Saigon bargirls, and Hanoi students alongside the US infantrymen, Marines, and pilots who fought in the jungles and paddies. Definitive Battle Accounts: From the French defeat at Dienbienphu to the bloody 1968 Tet Offensive, understand the strategic victories and catastrophic blunders on both sides. Political and Military Synthesis: Discover how the grand strategies of statesmen and warlords translated into the brutal realities for the peasants and soldiers on the ground. ## Features - No past volume has blended a political and military narrative of the entire conflict with heart-stopping personal experiences, in the fashion that Max Hastings’ readers know so well. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #146,591 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #5 in Vietnam War History (Books) #17 in Southeast Asia History #39 in Military Strategy History (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 5,068 Reviews | ## Images ![Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91OLjU7KqJL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by T***4 on August 30, 2022* ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by D***E on January 3, 2019* ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by C***G on January 18, 2019* ## Frequently Bought Together - Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975 - The Korean War - Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945 --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/78483673-vietnam-an-epic-tragedy-1945-1975](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/78483673-vietnam-an-epic-tragedy-1945-1975) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-07-19*