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| Here is the epic story of Vietnam and the sixties told through the events of a few gripping, passionate days of war and peace in October 1967.They Marched Into Sunlightbrings that tumultuous time back to life while exploring questions about the meaning of dissent and the official manipulation of truth, issues as relevant today as they were decades ago.In a seamless narrative, Maraniss weaves together the stories of three very different worlds: the death and heroism of soldiers in Vietnam, the anger and anxiety of antiwar students back home, and the confusion and obfuscating behavior of officials in Washington. To understand what happens to the people in these interconnected stories is to understand America's anguish. Based on thousands of primary documents and 180 on-the-record interviews, the book describes the battles that evoked cultural and political conflicts that still reverberate. | |
| Product Identifiers | |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| ISBN-10 | 0743261046 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780743261043 |
| eBay Product ID (ePID) | 30787753 |
| Product Key Features | |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| Publication Year | 2004 |
| Language | English |
| Dimensions | |
| Weight | 23.5 Oz |
| Width | 6.1in. |
| Height | 1.6in. |
| Length | 9.2in. |
| Additional Product Features | |
| Dewey Edition | 21 |
| Table of Content | ContentsCast of CharactersA Brief PrefaceBOOK ONE1 Sailing to Vung Tau2 Triet's March South3 Lai Khe, South Vietnam4 El Paso, TexasBOOK TWO5 Song of Napalm6 Madison, Wisconsin7 Soglin's Thrill8 Sewell's PredicamentBOOK THREE9 "What a Funny War!"10 Guerrilla Theater11 Johnson's Dilemma12 No Mission Too Difficult13 Michigan Men14 For Want of Rice15 "The Trees Are Moving"16 Ambush17 Holleder's Run18 "The News Is All Bad"19 The Spectacle20 "That's All There Is?"21 Down with Dow22 Moments of Decision23 Stars and Stripes24 "Bombing Washington"25 Body Count26 "Tragedy Beyond Our Words"27 A Life's Worth28 Until the Angels CameEpilogueNotesSelected BibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndex |
| Illustrated | Yes |
| Age Level | Trade |
| Copyright Date | 2003 |
| Author | David Maraniss |
| Number of Pages | 608 Pages |
| Lc Classification Number | Ds558.M35 2003 |
| Reviews | Samuel G. FreedmanNewsdayThe towering work of nonfiction this year....Maraniss' great achievement is to be epic and intimate at the same time., The towering work of nonfiction this year. . . . Maraniss' great achievement is to be epic and intimate at the same time., The EconomistA masterful work that brings the conflict back with a rush of cinema verité emotion and tension....Over the years, Vietnam has produced several classics, all of them different: Dispatches, by Michael Herr, and A Bright Shining Lie, by Neil Sheehan. Here is another., Maraniss. . . is a writer with a masterly sense of narrative pace....The tale unfolds with a magisterial sweep that recaptures the war and its era., A masterful work that brings the conflict back with a rush of cinema verité emotion and tension. . . . Over the years, Vietnam has produced several classics, all of them different: Dispatches , by Michael Herr, and A Bright Shining Lie , by Neil Sheehan. Here is another., Samuel G. FreedmanNewsdayThe towering work of nonfiction this year....Maraniss'great achievement is to be epic and intimate at the same time., Maureen CorriganFresh Air,National Public RadioMy nominee for must-read nonfiction book of the year....They Marched Into Sunlightis that miraculous thing, a substantive, exhaustively researched work of history that reads like a novel., Maureen Corrigan Fresh Air, National Public RadioMy nominee for must-read nonfiction book of the year.... They Marched Into Sunlight is that miraculous thing, a substantive, exhaustively researched work of history that reads like a novel., A masterful work that brings the conflict back with a rush of cinema verit emotion and tension. . . . |