Boots on the Ground America's War in Vietnam

Name: Boots on the Ground America's War in Vietnam
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ISBN: 9780670785063

ISBN-10: 0670785067

ISBN-13: 9780670785063

Edition: 2018

Authors: Elizabeth Partridge

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First came John Lennon. Then Marching for Freedom. Now National Book Award-finalist Elizabeth Partridge takes on the ultimate 60s topic: Vietnam. In March 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson sent troops into Vietnam. 57,939 American soldiers would be killed and seventeen years would pass before this controversial chapter of American history concluded with the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982. The history of this era is complex; the cultural impact extraordinary. But it's the personal stories of eight people--six American soldiers, one American nurse, and one Vietnamese refugee--that form the heartbeat of Boots on the Ground. From dense jungles and terrifying firefights to…

Book details

List price: $22.99
Copyright year: 2018
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date: 4/10/2018
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 7.95" wide x 9.72" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English

Elizabeth Partridge is the author of This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie , winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and other acclaimed works. She and her husband live in the San Francisco Bay area.