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StatusChecked Out
LocationSimpson IS
Barcode38456
TitleWhat was the Vietnam War? / by Jim O'Connor ; illustrated by Tim Foley.
AuthorO'Connor, Jim, author.
Call No959.70 O'CO
CollectionNonFiction
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Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781524789770 (pbk)
International Standard Book Number 9781524789787 (hc)
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 959.704/3 23
Personal Name O'Connor, Jim, author.
Title Statement What was the Vietnam War? / by Jim O'Connor ; illustrated by Tim Foley.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Penguin Workshop, [2019]
Physical Description 108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Content Type text rdacontent
Media Type unmediated rdamedia
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier
Series Statement What was?
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (page 108).
Formatted Contents Note What was the Vietnam War? -- Where is Vietnam? -- Guerrilla warfare -- Diem's government -- Uncle Ho -- JFK -- LBJ and the growing war -- War on the ground and in the air -- Protest -- 1968 -- A war at home -- Richard Nixon -- the end of the war -- A bitter homecoming -- The Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- A final word.
Summary, Etc. "Learn how the United States ended up fighting for twenty years in a remote country on the other side of the world. The Vietnam War was as much a part of the tumultuous Sixties as Flower Power and the Civil Rights Movement. Five US presidents were convinced that American troops could end a war in the small, divided country of Vietnam and stop Communism from spreading in Southeast Asia. But they were wrong, and the result was the death of 58,000 American troops. Presenting all sides of a complicated and tragic chapter in recent history, Jim O'Connor explains why the US got involved, what the human cost was, and how defeat in Vietnam left a lasting scar on America"-- Provided by publisher.
Target Audience Note Ages 8-12.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Juvenile literature.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Vietnam War, 1961-1975. sears
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term United States History 1961-1974. sears
Subject United States History 1961-1969 Juvenile literature.
Subject United States History 1969- Juvenile literature.
Subject Vietnam History 1945-1975 Juvenile literature.
Subject Vietnam History. sears
Added Entry, Personal Name Foley, Tim, 1962- illustrator.