Title:
The Vietnam War : an intimate history
Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Date:
2017
Publication Information:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.
©2017
Physical Description:
xiii, 612 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm.
ISBN:
9780307700254
Abstract:
"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.
General Note:
Jacket lists authors as: Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns.
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.
Language:
English
