The Vietnam War
The Definitive Illustrated History
DK
- This
- revised
- and
- updated
- guide
- to
- the
- Vietnam
- War
- charts
- the
- unforgettable
- story
- of
- America's
- longest
- and
- most
- controversial
- conflict,
- 50
- years
- on
- from
- its
- end.Hundreds
- of
- insightful
- images
- and
- a
- compelling
- narrative
- combine
- to
- chronicle
- this
- catastrophic
- war.
- From
- 1955,
- the
- communist
- government
- of
- North
- Vietnam
- fought
- against
- South
- Vietnam
- and
- its
- main
- ally,
- the
- US.
- Over
- the
- course
- of
- two
- decades
- of
- hostility,
- the
- number
- of
- casualties
- reached
- an
- incomprehensible
- three
- million
- people.Detailed
- descriptions
- of
- every
- episode,
- including
- Operation
- Passage
- to
- Freedom
- and
- the
- evacuation
- of
- the
- American
- embassy
- in
- Saigon,
- tell
- the
- stories
- in
- iconic
- photographs
- and
- eyewitness
- accounts.
- Discover
- the
- real
- people
- behind
- the
- conflict,
- with
- gripping
- biographies
- of
- key
- figures,
- including
- Henry
- Kissinger,
- General
- Thieu,
- President
- Nixon,
- and
- Pol
- Pot.
- This
- incredible
- visual
- record
- is
- supported
- by
- locator
- maps,
- user-friendly
- timelines,
- archive
- photography,
- and
- evocative
- quotes,
- giving
- readers
- an
- all-encompassing
- experience.The
- Vietnam
- War
- is
- an
- essential
- historic
- reference
- to
- help
- humanity
- learn
- the
- lessons
- of
- suffering
- and
- sacrifice
- from
- one
- of
- the
- bloodiest
- conflicts
- of
- the
- 20th century.
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