Vietnam: A History

Vietnam: A History

• Author: Karnow, Stanley.
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Pages: 784
• Publication Date: 1997-06-01
• Edition: 2
• Binding: Paperback
• MSRP: 13.06
• ISBN13: 9780140265477
• ISBN: 0140265473
• Language: en
• Store Location: History
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<b>"A landmark work...The most complete account to date of the Vietnam tragedy." -<i>The Washington Post Book World</i></b><br><br>This monumental narrative clarifies, analyzes, and demystifies the tragic ordeal of the Vietnam war. Free of ideological bias, profound in its undertsanding, and compassionate in its human portrayls , it is filled with fresh revelations drawn from secret documents and from exclusive interviews with participants-French, American, Vietnamese, Chinese: diplomats, military commanders, high government officials, journalists, nurses, workers, and soldiers. Originally published a companion to the Emmy-winning PBS series, Karnow's defining book is a precursor to Ken Burns's ten-part forthcoming documentary series, <i>The Vietnam War</i>. <i>Vietnam: A History</i> puts events and decisions into such sharp focus that we come to understand - and make peace with - a convulsive epoch of our recent history.<br><br>"This is history writing at its best." <i><b>-Chicago Sun-Times</b></i><br><br>"Even those of us who think we know something about it will read with fascination." <i><b>-The New York Times</b></i>