Vietnam : a History of the War / Russell Freedman.
2016
DS557.7 .F739 2016 (Mapit)
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Title
Vietnam : a History of the War / Russell Freedman.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780823436583 (hardcover)
0823436586 (hardcover)
0823436586 (hardcover)
Published
New York : Holiday House, [2016]
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Description
150 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm
Call Number
DS557.7 .F739 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
959.704/3
Summary
A comprehensive overview of one of the most controversial wars in America's history written by masterful children's historian and Newbery Medalist Russell Freedman. With prose that is clear, concise, and enthralling, Russell Freedman presents a detailed overview of the Vietnam war. Beginning with the rise of communism in Vietnam and detailing the increase of American involvement, Freedman then explains why, twenty years later, an exit was so difficult. In addition to explaining the complex beginnings of the conflict through the catastrophic damage the war caused, Freedman concludes with a hopeful epilogue on modern Vietnam. This is a definitive resource for young history readers as well as anyone who wants a concise and authoritative understanding of the Vietnam War, exploring both the American and Vietnamese perspectives. Freedman chronicles the history leading up to the war and the unfolding events in Vietnam and in the US as increasing numbers of young men were sent into the jungles to fight. Coverage includes the French war in Vietnam, the rise of Ho Chi Minh, the fall of President Diem, the Tonkin Gulf, the Tet Offensive, the My Lai massacre, the bombing of Cambodia, and the fall of Saigon, as well as the US anti-war movement. The book includes nearly 100 historic photographs and illustrations, as well as candid photographs showcasing the state of Vietnam today. A glossary, source notes, bibliography and index are included. -- From amazon.com.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-145) and index.
Audience
1220L lexile
Sentence length: 5 (very hard) Word frequency: 1 (very easy) Lexile.
Sentence length: 5 (very hard) Word frequency: 1 (very easy) Lexile.
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Table of 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.
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.