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Author:

Murray, Stuart, 1948- author.

Title:

Vietnam War / written by Stuart Murray.

Edition:

Relaunch edition.

Publisher:

DK Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

72 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Juvenile literature.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Military & Wars

Notes:

Includes index. "Discover the people, places, battles, and weapons of America's Indochina struggle."--Cover.

Contents:

Indochina war -- US advisers -- Gulf of Tonkin -- Allies -- The leaders -- Saigon and Hanoi -- Rolling thunder -- Ho Chi Min Trail -- Chemicals in war -- Highlands struggle -- Weaponry -- On patrol -- Medical care -- Heliborne warfare -- Warplanes -- The television war -- The Mekong Delta -- War on inland waters -- Village life -- Tunnels -- Tet Offensive -- Antiwar movement -- US withdraws -- Last air assaults -- Prisoners of war -- The fall of Saigon -- Aftermath.

Summary:

Traces the history of the Asian war that killed over 58,000 Americans, discussing the causes and effects, leaders, major battles, guerrilla warfare, aerial bombing, weaponry, peace negotiations, and lessons learned.

Series:

DK Eyewitness.

ISBN:

1465459847
9781465459848
1465459855
9781465459855

LCCN:

2017005142

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