Bibliograph

The Vietnam War, an intimate history, Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns

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The Vietnam War, an intimate history, Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns

Language

eng

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Literary text for sound recordings

history

Main title

The Vietnam War

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Oclc number

966608356

Responsibility statement

Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns

Sub title

an intimate history

Summary

Now, continuing in the tradition of their critically acclaimed collaborations, the authors draw on dozens and dozens of interviews in America and Vietnam to give listeners the perspectives of people involved at all levels of the war: US and Vietnamese soldiers and their families, high-level officials in America and Vietnam, antiwar protestors, POWs, and many more. The book plunges listeners into the chaos and intensity of combat, even as it explains the rationale that got us into Vietnam and kept us there for so many years. Rather than taking sides, the book seeks to understand why the war happened the way it did, and to clarify its complicated legacy

Table Of Contents

Deja vu, 1858-1961 -- Riding the tiger, 1961-1963 -- Hell come to earth, January 1964-December 1965 -- Resolve, January 1966-June 1967 -- This is what we do, July-December, 1967 -- Things fall apart, January-July 1968 -- The veneer of civilization, June 1968-March 1969 -- The history of the world, April 1969 -- A disrespectful loyalty, May 1970-March 1973 -- The weight of memory, March 1973-onward

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