| What Was the Vietnam War? Contributor(s): O'Connor, Jim (Author), Who Hq (Author), Foley, Tim (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1524789771 ISBN-13: 9781524789770 Publisher: Penguin Workshop OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Military & Wars - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Asia |
| Dewey: 959.704 |
| LCCN: 2018061144 |
| Lexile Measure: 870 |
| Series: What Was? |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.2" W x 7.4" (0.30 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 501992 Reading Level: 6.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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 troops. Presenting all sides of a complicated and tragic chapter in recent history, Jim O'Connor explains why the US got involved, what the human cost was, and how defeat in Vietnam left a lasting scar on America. |