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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.

Ward, Geoffrey C. (Author). Burns, Ken, 1953- (writer of introduction.). Novick, Lynn, (writer of introduction.).

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. 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780307700254 (hardcover)
ISBN: 0307700259 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9780375712203
ISBN: 0375712208
Physical Description: xiii, 612 p. : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 29 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Jacket lists authors as: Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.