Vietnam : a history of a war
- Title
- Vietnam : a history of a war / Russell Freedman.
- Published by
- New York : Holiday House, [2016]
- ©2016
- Author
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Details
- Description
- 150 pages : illustrations, map; 27 cm
- Summary
- An account of the Vietnam War describes how it began, why it was so difficult to end, and how its tragic legacy endures today.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Literature.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Contents
- The last man to die in Vietnam -- The Vietnamese: the long road to revolution -- Ho Chi Minh: the making of a revolutionary -- Ho Chi Minh meets the OSS -- The French war in Vietnam: the elephant and the tiger -- Tumbling dominoes -- Ngo Dinh Diem: America's miracle man in Saigon -- The last days of President Diem -- From the Tonkin Gulf to Rolling Thunder -- The American war in Vietnam -- The antiwar movement -- The Tet Offensive -- The beginning of the end -- The fall of Saigon -- Reconciliation.
- Call number
- JFF 17-19
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-145) and index.
- Author
- Freedman, Russell, 1929-2018, author.
- Title
- Vietnam : a history of a war / Russell Freedman.
- Publisher
- New York : Holiday House, [2016]
- Copyright date
- ©2016
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of content
- text
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-145) and index.
- Chronological term
- 1961-1975
- LCCN
- 2016001051
- ISBN
- 9780823436583 (hardcover)
- 0823436586 (hardcover)
- Research call number
- JFF 17-19