Vietnam and the Transformation of American Life (Problems in American History)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
Published: February 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781577180937
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Cultural studies; Political structure & processes; Social history; Warfare & Defence; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Military - Vietnam War; Culture; U.S. History - Vietnam Conflict (1965-1973); History; History - Military / War; United States - General; History: American; USA; Vietnam; Government - U.S. Government; United States - 20th Century/60s; Influence; United States
First sentence: On the third night of Tet, the Vietnamese lunar new year, in 1788, the Emperor Quang Trung, leader of the Tay Son movement, drove on Hanoi with his elephant brigade.