The Vietnam War: An Encyclopedia of Quotations presents the story
of this seminal conflict as told through the words of the famous,
infamous, and anonymous. All sides of the controversy are presented
in chronological resource that starts with a look at Vietnamese
history, then traces the events preceding France's war, continues
through America's entry into the conflict, and concludes with the
war's aftermath. This is the story of the Vietnam War told through
quotations in chronological sequence. Starting with the beginnings
of Vietnamese history, it traces the events preceding the French
war, continues through the American war, and ends with its
aftermath. All sides of the controversy are represented. Here are
the voices of warriors, presidents, generals, government leaders,
civilians, aid workers, pilots, infantrymen, nurses, historians,
war correspondents, sociologists, POWs, peasants, draft dodgers,
guerillas, and war resisters. They speak from government capitals,
hooches, hospital wards, jungle trails, landing zones, aircraft
carriers, draft boards, Buddhist temples, and prison cells. They
talk of firefights, ambushes in the jungle, bombing raids, coups,
assassinations, suicides, demonstrations, atrocities, and
teach-ins. Here are Ho Chi Minh, Lyndon Johnson, Giap,
Westmoreland, Kennedy, De Gaulle, Eisenhower, Nixon, McNamara,
Kissinger, and many people you have never heard of. Meet Hanoi
Hannah, who broadcast propaganda from the North Vietnamese capital;
John McCain tells you what it was like to be shot down over enemy
territory and taken prisoner; John Kerry tells a U.S. Senate
committee why he opposes the Vietnam War. You will learn about My
Lai, Agent Orange, Kent State, the Pentagon Papers, and the plan to
free American POWs that went awry. Features include a chronology,
biographical sketches, Medal of Honor winners, bibliography,
nineteen photos, and an index.
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