{"product_id":"vietnam-isbn-9780140265477","title":"Vietnam","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A landmark work...The most complete account to date of the Vietnam tragedy.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Vietnam War\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eVietnam: A History\u003c\/i\u003e puts events and decisions into such sharp focus that we come to understand - and make peace with - a convulsive epoch of our recent history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is history writing at its best.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Chicago Sun-Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Even those of us who think we know something about it will read with fascination.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e-The New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e1. The War Nobody Won\u003cbr\u003e2. Piety and Power\u003cbr\u003e3. The Heritage of Vietnamese Nationalism\u003cbr\u003e4. The War with the French\u003cbr\u003e5. The Light that Failed\u003cbr\u003e6. America's Mandarin\u003cbr\u003e7. Vietnam Is the Place\u003cbr\u003e8. The End of Diem\u003cbr\u003e9. The Commitments Deepen\u003cbr\u003e10. Disorder and Decision\u003cbr\u003e11. LBJ Goes to War\u003cbr\u003e12. Escalation\u003cbr\u003e13. Debate, Diplomacy, Doubt\u003cbr\u003e14. Tet\u003cbr\u003e15. Nixon's War\u003cbr\u003e16. The Peace that Never Was\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003eCast of Principal Characters\u003cbr\u003eNotes on Sources\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003ePhoto Credits\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhotographs appear at the opening of each chapter.Maps appear on pages 114, 123, 219, 349, 537, 677.\u003c\/p\u003e\"The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and balanced account we have.\" -\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is history writing at its best.\"\u003cb\u003e -\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Even those of us who think we know something about it will read with fascination.\" \u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A landmark work...The most complete account to date of the Vietnam tragedy.\" \u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eStanley Karnow \u003c\/b\u003e(1925-2013) is the author of, among other books, the bestselling \u003ci\u003eVietnam: A History\u003c\/i\u003e and the Pulitzer Prize-winning\u003ci\u003e In Our Image: America and the Philippines\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305345798373,"sku":"NP9780140265477","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140265477.jpg?v=1767743445","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/vietnam-isbn-9780140265477","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}