Vietnam : a history of a war

Title
  1. Vietnam : a history of a war / Russell Freedman.
Published by
  1. New York : Holiday House, [2016]
  2. ©2016
Author
  1. Freedman, Russell, 1929-2018

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Description
  1. 150 pages : illustrations, map; 27 cm
Summary
  1. 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
  1. 1961-1975
  2. Juvenile works
  3. Literature
  4. History
  5. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Juvenile literature
  6. Vietnam War (1961-1975)
Genre/Form
  1. Literature.
  2. History.
  3. Juvenile works.
Contents
  1. 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
  1. JFF 17-19
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-145) and index.
Author
  1. Freedman, Russell, 1929-2018, author.
Title
  1. Vietnam : a history of a war / Russell Freedman.
Publisher
  1. New York : Holiday House, [2016]
Copyright date
  1. ©2016
Edition
  1. First edition.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-145) and index.
Chronological term
  1. 1961-1975
LCCN
  1. 2016001051
ISBN
  1. 9780823436583 (hardcover)
  2. 0823436586 (hardcover)
Research call number
  1. JFF 17-19
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