Pages from History
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The Vietnam War
by Marilyn B. Young, John J. Fitzgerald, and A. Tom Grunfeld
Published December 2003
The Vietnam War tells the story of one of the most divisive episodes in modern American history through primary sources, ranging from government documents, news reports, speeches, popular songs to memoirs, writings by Vietnam veterans (including coauthor John Fitzgerald), and poetry by Vietnamese and Americans on matching themes. The book begins in the 19th century when Vietnam became a French colony, and traces the insidious route by which the United States
became involved in a war on the other side of the world.
became involved in a war on the other side of the world.