Vietnam Shadows The War, Its Ghosts, and Its Legacy

Name: Vietnam Shadows The War, Its Ghosts, and Its Legacy
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ISBN: 9780801863448

ISBN-10: 0801863449

ISBN-13: 9780801863448

Edition: 1997

Authors: Arnold R. Isaacs

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Nearly a quarter-century after the fall of Saigon, the memory of America's defeat in Vietnam continues to haunt the national psyche. In Vietnam Shadows, former war correspondent Arnold Isaacs turns his reportorial eye to the conflict since Vietnam, covering the skirmishes and firefights of a cultural battle -- some would say stalemate -- that refuses to end. Isaacs takes on the popular myths and misconceptions about Vietnam -- among them the mistaken belief that the U.S. military lacked clear goals. ("In many conversations with U.S. officers in Vietnam, I do not recall discovering any who were in doubt about what they were supposed to do there.") He exposes the myth of the MIAs -- a myth…

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 4/14/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.94" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English