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2) Vietnam War
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Traces the history of the Asian war that killed over 58,000 Americans, discussing the causes and effects, leaders, major battles, guerrilla warfare, aerial bombing, weaponry, peace negotiations, and lessons learned.
Author
Language
English
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"An exploration of the Vietnam War from many different perspectives including American soldiers, a nurse, and a Vietnamese refugee."--Provided by publisher.
The history of the Vietnam war is complex. Partridge explores the war from eight different perspectives: six American soldiers, one American military nurse, and one Vietnamese refugee. Each individual reveals a difference facet of the war and moves us forward in time. Partridge also profiles...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
It was the war that lasted ten thousand days. The war that inspired scores of songs. The war that sparked dozens of riots. From the first stirrings of unrest in Vietnam under French colonial rule, to American intervention, to the Tet Offensive, to the battle at Hamburger Hill, to the fall of Saigon.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Two years after being airlifted out of Vietnam in 1975, Matt Pin is haunted by the terrible secret he left behind and, now, in a loving adoptive home in the United States, a series of profound events forces him to confront his past.
Author
Publisher
QEB
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Between the late 1950's and the early 1970's, the United States was drawn into the longest war in its history. Find out how this major conflict developed, learn about the main battles, and meet the key figures on both sides"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"Naval aviator Jeremiah Denton was captured in North Vietnam in 1965. As a POW, Jerry Denton led a group of fellow American prisoners in withstanding gruesome conditions behind enemy lines. They developed a system of secret codes and covert communications to keep up their spirits. Later, he would endure long periods of solitary confinement. Always, Jerry told his fellow POWs that they would one day return home together. Although Jerry spent seven...
13) Yang Warriors
Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
Description
"Award-winning author Kao Kalia Yang delivers an inspiring tale of resourceful children confronting adversaries in a refugee camp"--
14) Dogs of war
Author
Publisher
Graphix
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Three fictionalized graphic novels based on true events. Meet Boots, Loki, and Sheba, three extraordinary war dogs who braved bombs, barrages, and battle to save the lives of the young soldiers who depended upon them in World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War.
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