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The Resource 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

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

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  • What we remember, what we've forgotten, and what we never knew about America's least understood war, revealed in a riveting, richly illustrated volume based on the major ten-part PBS documentary series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. Historian Geoffrey C. Ward and filmmaker Ken Burns, the authors of the acclaimed and best-selling The Civil War, Jazz, The War, and Baseball, present an intimate history of the Vietnam War. All the major milestones are here--from the Gulf of Tonkin and the Tet Offensive to Hamburger Hill and the fall of Saigon--and we are able to listen in as three American presidents and their advisors search for a way to win or to get out. But most of the voices that echo from these pages belong to less exalted men and women--nearly 100 of them, those who fought in the war as well as those who fought against it, victims and victors, and Vietnamese from both North and South willing for the first time to share their memories of the war as it really was. More than forty years have passed since the end of the Vietnam War, but its ghosts remain. We still ask the questions today we asked then: Why were we there? What should we have done differently, or should we have done anything at all? Who was right and who was wrong? Answers remain elusive. But over the intervening decades, archives have opened, ideology has softened, men and women whose memories were once too painful to revisit have become eager to talk. The result is a compelling, completely fresh account of the long and brutal conflict that reunited Vietnam while dividing the United States as nothing else had since the Civil War. This unique tour de force filled with rare photographs, illuminating guest essays, and unforgettable firsthand accounts will reshape your understanding of the Vietnam War, and of war itself.--Jacket flap
  • 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
  • "A comprehensive look at the Vietnam War"--
Language
eng
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First edition.
Extent
xiii, 612 pages
Note
Jacket lists authors as: Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter one : Déjà vu, 1858-1961
  • Paths to power / Edward Miller
  • Chapter two : Riding the tiger, 1961-1963
  • Kennedy and what might have been / Fredrik Logevall
  • Chapter three : The River Styx, January 1964-December 1965
  • Chapter four : Resolve, January 1966-June 1967
  • Chapter five : What we do, July-December 1967
  • Chapter six : Things fall apart, January-June 1968
  • Chapter seven : The veneer of civilization, June 1968-April 1969
  • Chapter eight : The history of the world, May 1969-December 1970
  • Seeing Americans again / Bao Ninh
  • Chapter nine : A disrespectful loyalty, January 1971-March 1973
  • Vietnam and the movement / Todd Gitlin
  • Chapter ten : The weight of memory, March 1973-April 1975
  • Dust of life, dust of war / Viet Thanh Nguyen
  • Epilogue
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9780307700254
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The Vietnam War : an intimate history
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The Vietnam War
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an intimate history
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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
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eng
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  • What we remember, what we've forgotten, and what we never knew about America's least understood war, revealed in a riveting, richly illustrated volume based on the major ten-part PBS documentary series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. Historian Geoffrey C. Ward and filmmaker Ken Burns, the authors of the acclaimed and best-selling The Civil War, Jazz, The War, and Baseball, present an intimate history of the Vietnam War. All the major milestones are here--from the Gulf of Tonkin and the Tet Offensive to Hamburger Hill and the fall of Saigon--and we are able to listen in as three American presidents and their advisors search for a way to win or to get out. But most of the voices that echo from these pages belong to less exalted men and women--nearly 100 of them, those who fought in the war as well as those who fought against it, victims and victors, and Vietnamese from both North and South willing for the first time to share their memories of the war as it really was. More than forty years have passed since the end of the Vietnam War, but its ghosts remain. We still ask the questions today we asked then: Why were we there? What should we have done differently, or should we have done anything at all? Who was right and who was wrong? Answers remain elusive. But over the intervening decades, archives have opened, ideology has softened, men and women whose memories were once too painful to revisit have become eager to talk. The result is a compelling, completely fresh account of the long and brutal conflict that reunited Vietnam while dividing the United States as nothing else had since the Civil War. This unique tour de force filled with rare photographs, illuminating guest essays, and unforgettable firsthand accounts will reshape your understanding of the Vietnam War, and of war itself.--Jacket flap
  • 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
  • "A comprehensive look at the Vietnam War"--
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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. When the war divided the country, it created deep political fault lines that continue to divide us today
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Vietnam War (Television program)
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Ward, Geoffrey C.,
Dewey number
959.704/3
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
DS557.7
LC item number
.W368 2017
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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1953-
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  • Burns, Ken
  • Novick, Lynn,
  • El-Amin, Salimah
  • Frank, Lucas B
  • Hinders, Maggie
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  • Vietnam War (1961-1975)
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • World politics
  • World politics
  • Vietnam-oorlog
  • History
  • Military
  • United States
  • World politics
  • United States
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adult
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an intimate history
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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
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Copyright
Note
Jacket lists authors as: Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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nc
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rdacarrier
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  • text
  • still image
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  • rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- Chapter one : Déjà vu, 1858-1961 -- Paths to power / Edward Miller -- Chapter two : Riding the tiger, 1961-1963 -- Kennedy and what might have been / Fredrik Logevall -- Chapter three : The River Styx, January 1964-December 1965 -- Chapter four : Resolve, January 1966-June 1967 -- Chapter five : What we do, July-December 1967 -- Chapter six : Things fall apart, January-June 1968 -- Chapter seven : The veneer of civilization, June 1968-April 1969 -- Chapter eight : The history of the world, May 1969-December 1970 -- Seeing Americans again / Bao Ninh -- Chapter nine : A disrespectful loyalty, January 1971-March 1973 -- Vietnam and the movement / Todd Gitlin -- Chapter ten : The weight of memory, March 1973-April 1975 -- Dust of life, dust of war / Viet Thanh Nguyen -- Epilogue
Control code
21099341
Dimensions
29 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xiii, 612 pages
Isbn
9780307700254
Lccn
2017015686
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unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
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unspecified
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(OCoLC)981761717
Label
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
Publication
Copyright
Note
Jacket lists authors as: Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- Chapter one : Déjà vu, 1858-1961 -- Paths to power / Edward Miller -- Chapter two : Riding the tiger, 1961-1963 -- Kennedy and what might have been / Fredrik Logevall -- Chapter three : The River Styx, January 1964-December 1965 -- Chapter four : Resolve, January 1966-June 1967 -- Chapter five : What we do, July-December 1967 -- Chapter six : Things fall apart, January-June 1968 -- Chapter seven : The veneer of civilization, June 1968-April 1969 -- Chapter eight : The history of the world, May 1969-December 1970 -- Seeing Americans again / Bao Ninh -- Chapter nine : A disrespectful loyalty, January 1971-March 1973 -- Vietnam and the movement / Todd Gitlin -- Chapter ten : The weight of memory, March 1973-April 1975 -- Dust of life, dust of war / Viet Thanh Nguyen -- Epilogue
Control code
21099341
Dimensions
29 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xiii, 612 pages
Isbn
9780307700254
Lccn
2017015686
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Specific material designation
unspecified
System control number
(OCoLC)981761717

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