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Fire in the lake : the Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Little, Brown, [1972]Edition: [1st ed.]Description: xiv, 491 pages : maps ; 24 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Fire in the lake.; Online version:: Fire in the lake.DDC classification:
  • 320.9/597/043
LOC classification:
  • DS557.A6 F53
Other classification:
  • 15.75
  • RR 55983
Contents:
I. The Vietnamese. States of mind ; Nations and empires ; The sovereign of discord ; The National Liberation Front -- II. The Americans and the Saigon government. Mise en scene ; Politicians and generals ; The United States enters the war ; The Buddhist crisis ; Prospero, Caliban, and Ariel ; Bad puppets ; Elections ; The downward spiral ; Prospero ; Guerrillas ; The Tet Offensive -- III. Conclusion. Nixon's war ; Fire in the lake.
Awards:
  • Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 1973.
  • Bancroft Prize, 1973.
Summary: "The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam"--Jacket subtitle.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 959.7 FIT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) DS557.A6 F53 1 Available 34517000210172

"An Atlantic Monthly Press book."

"Portions ... appeared originally in the New Yorker, in slightly different form."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 470-476).

I. The Vietnamese. States of mind ; Nations and empires ; The sovereign of discord ; The National Liberation Front -- II. The Americans and the Saigon government. Mise en scene ; Politicians and generals ; The United States enters the war ; The Buddhist crisis ; Prospero, Caliban, and Ariel ; Bad puppets ; Elections ; The downward spiral ; Prospero ; Guerrillas ; The Tet Offensive -- III. Conclusion. Nixon's war ; Fire in the lake.

"The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam"--Jacket subtitle.

Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 1973.

Bancroft Prize, 1973.

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