What Was the Vietnam War?
Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · May 7, 2019
A History pick for readers exploring What Was the Vietnam War?.
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- Who it’s for
- A simple, study-ready way to approach the Vietnam War topic.
- Genres
- Vietnam War History, Southeast Asian History, U.S. Military History
- Published
- Penguin Young Readers Group, May 7, 2019
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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.
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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.
Why It Clicks
A simple, study-ready way to approach the Vietnam War topic.
Come here for
- Clean classroom-friendly framing
- A straightforward entry into the war’s basics
Expect
- History pick positioning
- Compact, assignment-friendly reading
Where it sits
| Vietnam War History | 55% |
|---|---|
| Southeast Asian History | 54% |
| U.S. Military History | 50% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Asian History for Kids
- Military & Wars
- 20th Century U.S.
- Authors
- Jim O'Connor, Who HQ, Tim Foley
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- May 7, 2019
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Asian History for Kids