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A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and the Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in Vietnam
by Sorley, Lewis
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151002665
- ISBN 13
- 9780151002665
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Fine. (1st edition, 1st printing) Large, thicker, heavy book, dark blue spine, ivory boards, very bright silver lettering on spine, 507 pages including extensive notes, and two glossy photo sections. DJ glossy with photo on front of huge chopper operation, border on front left and back right of tattered U.S. flag, praise on back from John M. DelVecchio, James Schlesinger and others. DJ and book, both Very Fine.
Synopsis
Neglected by scholars and journalists alike, the years of conflict in Vietnam from 1968 to 1975 offer surprises not only about how the war was fought, but about what was achieved. Drawing on authoritative materials not previously available, including thousands of hours of tape-recorded allied councils of war, award-winning military historian Lewis Sorley has given us what has long been needed-an insightful, factual, and superbly documented history of these important years. Among his findings is that the war was being won on the ground even as it was being lost at the peace table and in the U.S. Congress. The story is a great human drama of purposeful and principled service in the face of an agonizing succession of lost opportunities, told with uncommon understanding and compassion. Sorley documents the dramatic differences in conception, conduct, and-at least for a time-results between the early and the later war. Meticulously researched and movingly told, A Better War is sure to stimulate controversy as it sheds brilliant new light on the war in Vietnam.
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- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51738
- Title
- A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and the Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in Vietnam
- Author
- Sorley, Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0151002665
- ISBN 13
- 9780151002665
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Orlando, Florida, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- War-Vietnam Vietnam War
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vietnam Conflict;
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
Books may be returned with 5 days for full refund--in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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