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Peter Mayhew, Harrison Ford, Alec Guinness and Mark Hamill, on-set of the film Star Wars
General Modern

Star Wars: why did the film make history?

Combat helicopters fly over US troops during a search and destroy mission, South Vietnam. Despite their military might, argues Max Hastings, the Americans were doomed to fail during the Vietnam War. (Photo by Patrick Christain/Getty Images)
20th Century

Max Hastings on Vietnam

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20th Century

The Vietnam War on film

View of Halong Bay taken from the top of an island. (Getty Images)
General Modern

My favourite place: Vietnam

A demonstrator vents his spleen at police officers during an anti-Vietnam War rally in London's Grosvenor Square
20th Century

Britain at war over Vietnam

A nurse on the French Eastern border treats a wounded soldier during the First World War. (Photo by Roger Viollet/Getty Images)
First World War

Pain through the prism of war

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20th Century

The Boys of ’67: Charlie Company’s War in Vietnam

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