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The Vietnam War

An Intimate History

An Intimate History

An Intimate History

An Intimate History

By Geoffrey Ward and Kenneth Burns

By Geoffrey Ward and Kenneth Burns

By Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns

By Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns

By Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns

By Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns

By Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Read by Brian Corrigan, Fred Sanders and Ken Burns

By Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Read by Brian Corrigan, Fred Sanders and Ken Burns

By Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Read by Ken Burns

By Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Read by Ken Burns

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    About The Vietnam War

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Based on the celebrated PBS television series, the complete text of an engrossing history of America’s least-understood conflict, “a significant milestone [that] will no doubt do much to determine how the war is understood for years to come.” —The Washington Post

    More than forty years have passed since the end of the Vietnam War, but its memory continues to loom large in the national psyche. In this intimate history, Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns have crafted a fresh and insightful account of the long and brutal conflict that reunited Vietnam while dividing the United States as nothing else had since the Civil War. From the Gulf of Tonkin and the Tet Offensive to Hamburger Hill and the fall of Saigon, Ward and Burns trace the conflict that dogged three American presidents and their advisers. But most of the voices that echo from these pages belong to less exalted men and women—those who fought in the war as well as those who fought against it, both victims and victors—willing for the first time to share their memories of Vietnam as it really was. A magisterial tour de force, The Vietnam War is an engrossing history of America’s least-understood conflict.

    About The Vietnam War

    From the award-winning historian and filmmakers of The Civil War, Baseball, The War, The Roosevelts, and others: a vivid, uniquely powerful history of the conflict that tore America apart–the companion volume to the major, multipart PBS film to be aired in September 2017.

    More than forty years after it ended, the Vietnam War continues to haunt our country. We still argue over why we were there, whether we could have won, and who was right and wrong in their response to the conflict. When the war divided the country, it created deep political fault lines that continue to divide us today. Now, continuing in the tradition of their critically acclaimed collaborations, the authors draw on dozens and dozens of interviews in America and Vietnam to give us the perspectives of people involved at all levels of the war: U.S. and Vietnamese soldiers and their families, high-level officials in America and Vietnam, antiwar protestors, POWs, and many more. The book plunges us into the chaos and intensity of combat, even as it explains the rationale that got us into Vietnam and kept us there for so many years. Rather than taking sides, the book seeks to understand why the war happened the way it did, and to clarify its complicated legacy. Beautifully written and richly illustrated, this is a tour de force that is certain to launch a new national conversation.

    About The Vietnam War

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Based on the celebrated PBS television series, the complete text of an engrossing history of America’s least-understood conflict, “a significant milestone [that] will no doubt do much to determine how the war is understood for years to come.” —The Washington Post

    More than forty years have passed since the end of the Vietnam War, but its memory continues to loom large in the national psyche. In this intimate history, Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns have crafted a fresh and insightful account of the long and brutal conflict that reunited Vietnam while dividing the United States as nothing else had since the Civil War. From the Gulf of Tonkin and the Tet Offensive to Hamburger Hill and the fall of Saigon, Ward and Burns trace the conflict that dogged three American presidents and their advisers. But most of the voices that echo from these pages belong to less exalted men and women—those who fought in the war as well as those who fought against it, both victims and victors—willing for the first time to share their memories of Vietnam as it really was. A magisterial tour de force, The Vietnam War is an engrossing history of America’s least-understood conflict.

    About The Vietnam War

    From the award-winning historian and filmmakers of The Civil War, Baseball, The War, The Roosevelts, and others: a vivid, uniquely powerful history of the conflict that tore America apart–the companion volume to the major, multipart PBS film to be aired in September 2017.

    More than forty years after it ended, the Vietnam War continues to haunt our country. We still argue over why we were there, whether we could have won, and who was right and wrong in their response to the conflict. When the war divided the country, it created deep political fault lines that continue to divide us today. Now, continuing in the tradition of their critically acclaimed collaborations, the authors draw on dozens and dozens of interviews in America and Vietnam to give us the perspectives of people involved at all levels of the war: U.S. and Vietnamese soldiers and their families, high-level officials in America and Vietnam, antiwar protestors, POWs, and many more. The book plunges us into the chaos and intensity of combat, even as it explains the rationale that got us into Vietnam and kept us there for so many years. Rather than taking sides, the book seeks to understand why the war happened the way it did, and to clarify its complicated legacy. Beautifully written and richly illustrated, this is a tour de force that is certain to launch a new national conversation.


    Read by Brian Corrigan with Fred Sanders, and with an introduction read by Ken Burns

    About The Vietnam War

    From the award-winning historian and filmmakers of The Civil War, Baseball, The War, The Roosevelts, and others: a vivid, uniquely powerful history of the conflict that tore America apart–the companion volume to the major, multipart PBS film to be aired in September 2017.

    More than forty years after it ended, the Vietnam War continues to haunt our country. We still argue over why we were there, whether we could have won, and who was right and wrong in their response to the conflict. When the war divided the country, it created deep political fault lines that continue to divide us today. Now, continuing in the tradition of their critically acclaimed collaborations, the authors draw on dozens and dozens of interviews in America and Vietnam to give us the perspectives of people involved at all levels of the war: U.S. and Vietnamese soldiers and their families, high-level officials in America and Vietnam, antiwar protestors, POWs, and many more. The book plunges us into the chaos and intensity of combat, even as it explains the rationale that got us into Vietnam and kept us there for so many years. Rather than taking sides, the book seeks to understand why the war happened the way it did, and to clarify its complicated legacy. Beautifully written and richly illustrated, this is a tour de force that is certain to launch a new national conversation.

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    About Geoffrey Ward

    Geoffrey C. Ward, historian and screenwriter, wrote the script for The Vietnam War series and is the author of nineteen… More about Geoffrey Ward

    About Kenneth Burns

    Ken Burns, the producer and director of numerous film series, including The War and Country Music, founded his own documentary… More about Kenneth Burns

    About Geoffrey C. Ward

    Geoffrey C. Ward, historian and screenwriter, is the author of sixteen books, including A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt, which… More about Geoffrey C. Ward

    About Ken Burns

    KEN BURNS, the producer and director of numerous film series, including Vietnam, The Roosevelts, and The War, founded his own documentary… More about Ken Burns

    About Geoffrey C. Ward

    Geoffrey C. Ward, historian and screenwriter, is the author of sixteen books, including A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt, which… More about Geoffrey C. Ward

    About Ken Burns

    KEN BURNS, the producer and director of numerous film series, including Vietnam, The Roosevelts, and The War, founded his own documentary… More about Ken Burns

    About Geoffrey C. Ward

    Geoffrey C. Ward, historian and screenwriter, is the author of sixteen books, including A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt, which… More about Geoffrey C. Ward

    About Ken Burns

    KEN BURNS, the producer and director of numerous film series, including Vietnam, The Roosevelts, and The War, founded his own documentary… More about Ken Burns

    About Geoffrey C. Ward

    Geoffrey C. Ward, historian and screenwriter, is the author of sixteen books, including A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt, which… More about Geoffrey C. Ward

    About Ken Burns

    KEN BURNS, the producer and director of numerous film series, including Vietnam, The Roosevelts, and The War, founded his own documentary… More about Ken Burns

    Product Details

    Category: 1950 – Present Military History | 20th Century U.S. History

    Paperback | $25.00
    Published by Vintage
    Mar 24, 2020 | 864 Pages | 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 | ISBN 9781984897749

    Category: 1950 – Present Military History | 20th Century U.S. History

    Hardcover | $60.00
    Published by Knopf
    Sep 05, 2017 | 640 Pages | 9-1/4 x 10-7/8 | ISBN 9780307700254

    Category: 1950 – Present Military History | 20th Century U.S. History

    Ebook | $14.99
    Published by Vintage
    Sep 05, 2017 | 640 Pages | ISBN 9781524733100

    Category: 20th Century U.S. History | 1950 – Present Military History | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $35.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Sep 05, 2017 | 1875 Minutes | ISBN 9780307970831

    Category: 20th Century U.S. History | 1950 – Present Military History | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Sep 05, 2017 | 611 Minutes | ISBN 9780307970824

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    “Exceptionally engaging…. A significant milestone [that] will no doubt do much to determine how the war is understood for years to come.” —The Washington Post

    “Stunning…. The best single-volume history of the war…. Assembled from a multitude of overlapping voices, American and Vietnamese, [The Vietnam War] tells the long story from every conceivable angle, from veterans and protesters to draft-dodgers and prisoners of war to politicians and grunts.” —Philadelphia Inquirer

    “Captivating.” —The New York Times Book Review
     
    “Exquisitely written.” —The Guardian

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