Fire in the Lake
Subtitle: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam
Publisher: Vintage; Vintage Books
Published: July 17, 1989
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 635
ISBN-13: 9780679723943
Subjects: American history: Vietnam War; Politics and government; Indo-China - History; History - General History; History: World; The Americas; Vietnam; United States; Military - Vietnam War; Political Process - General; History / Military / Vietnam War; 1945-1975; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975
First sentence: The emperor of China sits on a raised dais in a vast hall thronged with the mandarins in their embroidered robes.