Bibliograph

Vietnam, an epic tragedy, 1945-1975, Max Hastings

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Vietnam, an epic tragedy, 1945-1975, Max Hastings

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 811-825) and index

Illustrations

photographsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Vietnam

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Max Hastings

Sub title

an epic tragedy, 1945-1975

Summary

Vietnam became the Western world's most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on both sides, as well as researching a multitude of American and Vietnamese documents and memoirs, to create an epic narrative of an epic struggle

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