Vietnam - 2nd Edition by Stanley Karnow (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This definitive history of the Vietnam War, now revised and updated, is also the basis for a documentary that will air on PBS in May. Panoramic, profound, and compassionate, "Vietnam: A History" was the first book to focus on the people involved on both sides as well as relating the political and military events that unfolded in Vietnam and the decisions made in Washington, Hanoi, and elsewhere. photos, maps.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A landmark work...The most complete account to date of the Vietnam tragedy. -<i>The Washington Post Book World</i></b> <p/>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. <p/>This is history writing at its best. <i><b>-Chicago Sun-Times</b></i> <p/>Even those of us who think we know something about it will read with fascination. <i><b>-The New York Times</b></i><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and balanced account we have. -<b><i>Boston Globe</i></b> <p/>This is history writing at its best.<b> -<i>Chicago Sun-Times</i></b> <p/>Even those of us who think we know something about it will read with fascination. <b>-<i>The New York Times</i></b> <p/>A landmark work...The most complete account to date of the Vietnam tragedy. <b>-<i>The Washington Post Book World</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Stanley Karnow </b>(1925-2013) is the author of, among other books, the bestselling <i>Vietnam: A History</i> and the Pulitzer Prize-winning<i> In Our Image: America and the Philippines</i>.
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