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    Vietnam

    A History

    Author Stanley Karnow
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    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Books
    On sale Jun 01, 1997 | 784 Pages | 9780140265477
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    "A landmark work...The most complete account to date of the Vietnam tragedy." -The Washington Post Book World

    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, The Vietnam War. Vietnam: A History puts events and decisions into such sharp focus that we come to understand - and make peace with - a convulsive epoch of our recent history.

    "This is history writing at its best." -Chicago Sun-Times

    "Even those of us who think we know something about it will read with fascination." -The New York Times
    Preface
    1. The War Nobody Won
    2. Piety and Power
    3. The Heritage of Vietnamese Nationalism
    4. The War with the French
    5. The Light that Failed
    6. America's Mandarin
    7. Vietnam Is the Place
    8. The End of Diem
    9. The Commitments Deepen
    10. Disorder and Decision
    11. LBJ Goes to War
    12. Escalation
    13. Debate, Diplomacy, Doubt
    14. Tet
    15. Nixon's War
    16. The Peace that Never Was

    Chronology
    Cast of Principal Characters
    Notes on Sources
    Acknowledgments
    Photo Credits
    Index

    Photographs appear at the opening of each chapter.Maps appear on pages 114, 123, 219, 349, 537, 677.

    Stanley Karnow is the author of, among other books, the bestselling Vietnam: A History and the Pulitzer Prize-winning In Our Image: America and the Philippines. He lives outside of Washington, D.C. View titles by Stanley Karnow
    "The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and balanced account we have." -Boston Globe

    "This is history writing at its best." -Chicago Sun-Times

    "Even those of us who think we know something about it will read with fascination." -The New York Times

    "A landmark work...The most complete account to date of the Vietnam tragedy." -The Washington Post Book World

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    "A landmark work...The most complete account to date of the Vietnam tragedy." -The Washington Post Book World

    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, The Vietnam War. Vietnam: A History puts events and decisions into such sharp focus that we come to understand - and make peace with - a convulsive epoch of our recent history.

    "This is history writing at its best." -Chicago Sun-Times

    "Even those of us who think we know something about it will read with fascination." -The New York Times

    Table of Contents

    Preface
    1. The War Nobody Won
    2. Piety and Power
    3. The Heritage of Vietnamese Nationalism
    4. The War with the French
    5. The Light that Failed
    6. America's Mandarin
    7. Vietnam Is the Place
    8. The End of Diem
    9. The Commitments Deepen
    10. Disorder and Decision
    11. LBJ Goes to War
    12. Escalation
    13. Debate, Diplomacy, Doubt
    14. Tet
    15. Nixon's War
    16. The Peace that Never Was

    Chronology
    Cast of Principal Characters
    Notes on Sources
    Acknowledgments
    Photo Credits
    Index

    Photographs appear at the opening of each chapter.Maps appear on pages 114, 123, 219, 349, 537, 677.

    Author

    Stanley Karnow is the author of, among other books, the bestselling Vietnam: A History and the Pulitzer Prize-winning In Our Image: America and the Philippines. He lives outside of Washington, D.C. View titles by Stanley Karnow

    Praise

    "The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and balanced account we have." -Boston Globe

    "This is history writing at its best." -Chicago Sun-Times

    "Even those of us who think we know something about it will read with fascination." -The New York Times

    "A landmark work...The most complete account to date of the Vietnam tragedy." -The Washington Post Book World

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