2001
(en)
239 р.
Vietnam War: Biographies presents biographies of sixty men and women who participated in or were affected by the Vietnam War. These two volumes profile a diverse mix of personalities from both the United States and Vietnam, including politicians, military leaders, antiwar activists, joualists,authors, nurses, veterans, and civilians who got caught in the middle of the conflict.
Detailed biographies of major Vietnam War figures (such as Ho Chi Minh, Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert McNamara, Ngo Dinh Diem, and Richard M. Nixon) are included. But Vietnam War: Biographies also provides biographical information on lesser-known but nonetheless important and fascinating men and women of that era. Examples include Daniel Berrigan, a Catholic priest who went to prison for buing military draft files as a form of protest against the war; Jeremiah Denton, an American prisoner-of-war who blinked the word torture in Morse code during a televised interview with his North Vietnamese captors; Tim Page, a daring British combat
photographer who produced some of the best known images of the war before being seriously wounded; Phan Thi Kimix Reader’s GuidePhuc, a nine-year-old Vietnamese girl who was photographed running naked down a country road after suffering terrible bus from a U.S. -ordered napalm attack in her village; and Jan Scruggs, an American veteran who led the drive to create the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Vietnam War: Biographies also features sidebars containing interesting facts, excerpts from memoirs, diaries, and speeches, and short biographies of people who are in some way connected with the leading figures of the era. Within each full-length biography, cross-references direct readers to other individuals profiled in the two-volume set. More than seventy black and white photographs enhance the text. In addition,
each volume contains a timeline that lists significant dates and events of the Vietnam War era, a glossary, further readings, and a cumulative subject index.
(en)
239 р.
Vietnam War: Biographies presents biographies of sixty men and women who participated in or were affected by the Vietnam War. These two volumes profile a diverse mix of personalities from both the United States and Vietnam, including politicians, military leaders, antiwar activists, joualists,authors, nurses, veterans, and civilians who got caught in the middle of the conflict.
Detailed biographies of major Vietnam War figures (such as Ho Chi Minh, Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert McNamara, Ngo Dinh Diem, and Richard M. Nixon) are included. But Vietnam War: Biographies also provides biographical information on lesser-known but nonetheless important and fascinating men and women of that era. Examples include Daniel Berrigan, a Catholic priest who went to prison for buing military draft files as a form of protest against the war; Jeremiah Denton, an American prisoner-of-war who blinked the word torture in Morse code during a televised interview with his North Vietnamese captors; Tim Page, a daring British combat
photographer who produced some of the best known images of the war before being seriously wounded; Phan Thi Kimix Reader’s GuidePhuc, a nine-year-old Vietnamese girl who was photographed running naked down a country road after suffering terrible bus from a U.S. -ordered napalm attack in her village; and Jan Scruggs, an American veteran who led the drive to create the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Vietnam War: Biographies also features sidebars containing interesting facts, excerpts from memoirs, diaries, and speeches, and short biographies of people who are in some way connected with the leading figures of the era. Within each full-length biography, cross-references direct readers to other individuals profiled in the two-volume set. More than seventy black and white photographs enhance the text. In addition,
each volume contains a timeline that lists significant dates and events of the Vietnam War era, a glossary, further readings, and a cumulative subject index.