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100 1 _aO'Connor, Jim,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aWhat was the Vietnam War? /
_cby Jim O'Connor ; illustrated by Tim Foley.
246 3 0 _aVietnam War?
264 1 _aNew York :
_bPenguin Workshop,
_c[2019]
300 _a108 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c21 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aWhat was...?
520 _aLearn how the United States ended up fighting for twenty years in a remote country on the other side of the world. Five US presidents were convinced that American troops could end a war in the small, divided country of Vietnam and stop Communism from spreading in Southeast Asia. But they were wrong, and the result was the death of 58,000 American troops. Presenting all sides of a complicated and tragic chapter in recent history, Jim O'Connor explains why the US got involved, what the human cost was, and how defeat in Vietnam left a lasting scar on America.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (page 108).
505 0 _aWhat was the Vietnam War? -- Where is Vietnam? -- Guerrilla warfare -- Diem's government -- Uncle Ho -- JFK -- LBJ and the growing war -- War on the ground and in the air -- Protest -- 1968 -- A war at home -- Richard Nixon -- the end of the war -- A bitter homecoming -- The Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- A final word.
521 0 _a6.5
650 0 _aVietnam War, 1961-1975
_vJuvenile literature.
651 0 _aVietnam
_xHistory
_y1945-1975
_vJuvenile literature.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_y1961-1969
_vJuvenile literature.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_y1969-
_vJuvenile literature.
650 1 _aVietnam War, 1961-1975.
651 1 _aVietnam
_xHistory
_y1945-1975.
651 1 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_y1961-1969.
651 1 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_y1969-
700 1 _aFoley, Tim,
_d1962-
_eillustrator.
521 2 _a3-6
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521 8 _a870L
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