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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 Date due 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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