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The Vietnam War : an intimate history / Geoffrey C. Ward ; based on a documentary film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick ; with an introduction by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ; picture research by Salimah El-Amin with Lucas B. Frank ; design by Maggie Hinders.

Van Pelt Library DS557.7 .W368 2017
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English
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Physical Description:
xiii, 612 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
Summary:
  • "A comprehensive look at the Vietnam War"-- Provided by publisher.
  • 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. This volume draws on hundreds 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, seeking to understand why the war happened the way it did, and to clarify its complicated legacy.
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.
Notes:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Jacket lists authors as: Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns.
ISBN:
  • 9780307700254
  • 0307700259
OCLC:
981761717

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