Vietnam
Subtitle: an epic tragedy, 1945-1975
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 2019
Place of publication: New York; London; Toronto; Sydney; New Delhi; Auckland
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780062405678
Copyright date: 2018
Notes: "A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2018 by HarperCollins Publishers. First Harper Perennial Edition published 2019." - Title page verso.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Note on styles adopted in the text; title: Glossary of common acronyms and military terms; title: Beauty and many beasts; title: The "dirty war"; title: The fortress that never was; title: Bloody footprints; title: The twin tyrannies; title: Some of the way with JFK; title: 1963: coffins for two presidents; title: The maze; title: Into the Gulf; title: "We are puzzled about how to proceed"; title: The escalator; title: "Trying to grab smoke"; title: Graft and peppermint oil; title: Rolling thunder; title: Taking the pain; title: "Waist deep in the Big Muddy"; title: Our guys, their guys: the Vietnamese war; title: Tet; title: The giant reels; title: Continuous replays; title: Nixon's inheritance; title: Losing by installments; title: Collateral damage; title: The biggest battle; title: Big ugly fat fellers; title: A kiss before dying; title: The last act; title: Afterward