{"product_id":"the-vietnam-war-paperback","title":"The Vietnam War - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Ward\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKenneth Burns\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL 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.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eMore 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Vietnam War\u003c\/i\u003e is an engrossing history of America's least-understood conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeoffrey C. Ward, historian and screenwriter, wrote the script for \u003ci\u003eThe Vietnam War\u003c\/i\u003e series and is the author of nineteen books, including \u003ci\u003eA First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Francis Parkman Prize, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He has written or cowritten many documentary films, including \u003ci\u003eThe War\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBaseball\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe West\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMark Twain\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNot for Ourselves Alone\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJazz\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ken Burns, the producer and director of numerous film series, including \u003ci\u003eThe War\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCountry Music\u003c\/i\u003e, founded his own documentary film company, Florentine Films, in 1976. His landmark film \u003ci\u003eThe Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e was the highest-rated series in the history of American public television, and his work has won numerous prizes, including the Emmy and Peabody Awards, and two nominations for the Academy Award. He lives in Walpole, New Hampshire.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 864\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 24, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700280201279,"sku":"9781984897749","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/91d9896a4b8bedf6dea98c1d35dcca33.webp?v=1765016130","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-vietnam-war-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}