03172cam a2200625 i 4500 605766228 TxAuBib 20200817120000.0 ||||||s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 2018-61144 9781524789787 paperback 152478978X paperback 9781524789770 paperback 1524789771 paperback (OCoLC)1049813945 rda TxAuBib rda O'Connor, Jim. What Was the Vietnam War / by Jim O'Connor ; illustrated by Tim Foley. New York : Penguin Workshop, [2019] New York : Penguin Workshop, [2019] 108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier What was ...? Includes bibliographical references (page 108). What was the Vietnam War? -- Where is Vietnam? -- Guerrilla warfare -- Diem's government -- Uncle Ho -- JFK -- LBJ and the growing war -- War on the ground and in the air -- Protest -- 1968 -- A war at home -- Richard Nixon -- the end of the war -- A bitter homecoming -- The Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- A final word. "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"-- Provided by publisher. Ages 8-12. 20200820. Since 1945. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Influence. Vietnam History 1945-1975 Juvenile literature. Vietnam History 1945-1975. Vietnam. Vietnam. History. What Was. United States -- History -- 1961-1969 Military & Wars. Vietnam -- History -- 1945-1975- United States. AR 6.3 1pt 20th Century. JUVENILE NONFICTION History Asia. Vietnam War, 1961-1975. United States History 1961-1969 Juvenile literature. United States History 1969- Juvenile literature. United States History 1961-1969. United States History 1969- United States. United States. History 1961-1974. Instructional and educational works. Illustrated works. History. Juvenile works. Foley, Tim, 1962-, illustrator. What was ...?