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Penguin Workshop, 2019-07-05

What Was the Vietnam War?

What Was the Vietnam War?

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Jim O'Connor, Author, Who Hq, Author

Tim Foley, Illustrator

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9781524789770

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Presenting all sides of a complicated and tragic chapter in recent history, O'Connor explains why the United States got involved, what the human cost was, and how defeat in Vietnam left a lasting scar on America. Original.
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By exploring the Vietnam War in accessible language, this book invites readers to wrestle with complex truths, historical consequences, and the human cost of conflict. An honest look at choices and aftermath.

Keywords and Themes: Asia • Awareness • Conflict • Consequences • Courage • Dedication • History • Justice • Juvenile Nonfiction • Military & Wars • Perspective • Responsibility • United States - 20th Century

Readability • 5.9

Age Range • 8-12

Pages • 112

Subjects • Vietnam War • 1961-1975 • Vietnam • History • 1945-1975 • United States • 1961-1969 • 1969-

Categories • Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Military & Wars • Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century • Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Asia

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.

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