The Vietnam War: An Intimate History

By Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns Hardcover: 640 pages This item is not eligible for discounts unless explicitly mentioned in promotional offers Product Description From the award-winning historian and filmmakers of The Civil War, Baseball, The War, The Roosevelts and more comes the companion volume to the multi-part PBS film. The Vietnam War: An Intimate History is the richly illustrated narrative of the conflict that tore America apart. More than 40 years after it ended, the Vietnam War continues to haunt our collective conscience. We still argue over why we were there, whether we could have won, and who was right and who was wrong in response to the conflict. When the war divided the country, it created deep political rifts that persist to this day. Continuing in the tradition of their critically acclaimed collaborations, Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns draw on dozens of interviews conducted in the United States and Vietnam to give us the perspectives of the people involved in