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Vietnam : a history of a war
- Title
- Vietnam : a history of a war / Russell Freedman.
- Author
- Freedman, Russell, 1929-2018
- Publication
- New York : Holiday House, [2016]
- ©2016
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Book/Text | Use in library | JFF 17-19 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Literature.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-145) and index.
- 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
- ISBN
- 9780823436583
- 0823436586
- LCCN
- 2016001051
- OCLC
- 934627913
- 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
- Research Call Number
- JFF 17-19