| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 612 pages : illustrations (photos, some color) ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page [591]-595) and index. |
| Contents |
Déjà vu, 1858-1961 -- Riding the tiger, 1961-1963 -- The River Styx, January 1964-December 1965 -- Resolve, January 1966-June 1967 -- What we do, July-December, 1967 -- Things fall apart, January-June 1968 -- The veneer of civilization, June 1968-March 1969 -- The history of the world, May 1969-December 1970 -- A disrespectful loyalty, January 1971-March 1973 -- The weight of memory, March 1973-April 1975 -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
"More than forty years after it ended, the Vietnam War continues to haunt our country. We still argue over why we were there, whether we could have won, and who was right and wrong in their response to the conflict. When the war divided the country, it created deep political fault lines that continue to divide us today. Now, continuing in the tradition of their critically acclaimed collaborations, the authors draw on dozens and dozens of interviews in America and Vietnam to give us the perspectives of people involved at all levels of the war: U.S. and Vietnamese soldiers and their families, high-level officials in America and Vietnam, antiwar protestors, POWs, and many more. The book plunges us into the chaos and intensity of combat, even as it explains the rationale that got us into Vietnam and kept us there for so many years. Rather than taking sides, the book seeks to understand why the war happened the way it did, and to clarify its complicated legacy. Beautifully written and richly illustrated, this is a tour de force that is certain to launch a new national conversation."-- Amazon. |
| Subject |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
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Vietnam War (1961-1975) (OCoLC)fst01431664
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| Chronological Term |
1961-1975
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| Added Author |
Burns, Ken, 1953- writer of preface.
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Novick, Lynn, writer of preface.
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| ISBN |
9780307700254 (hardcover) |
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0307700259 (hardcover) |
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