From the award-winning historian and filmmakers (The Civil War, Baseball, The War, The Roosevelts, among others)- a vivid, uniquely powerful history of the conflict that tore America apart--the companion volume to the major, multipart PBS film to be aired in September 2017.
GEOFFREY C. WARD, historian and screenwriter, is the author of
nineteen books, including A First-Class Temperament- The Emergence
of Franklin Roosevelt, which won the National Book Critics Circle
Award, the Francis Parkman Prize, and was a finalist for the
Pulitzer Prize. He has written or cowritten many documentary films,
including The War, The Civil War, Baseball, The West, Mark Twain,
Not for Ourselves Alone, and Jazz.
KEN BURNS,the producer and director of numerous film series,
including Vietnam, The Roosevelts, and The War, founded his own
documentary film company, Florentine Films, in 1976. His landmark
film The Civil War was the highest-rated series in the history of
American public television, and his work has won numerous prizes,
including the Emmy and Peabody Awards, and two Academy Award
nominations. He lives in Walpole, New Hampshire.
LYNN NOVICK's previous directing credits include Prohibition, a
three part series on the rise, rule, and fall of the 18th
Amendment; Frank Lloyd Wright, a two part biography of the
architect; and The Tenth Inning, a four hour sequel to Burns's
Baseball, which Novick produced. She also produced his 20 hour
series, Jazz. She has received Peabody and Emmy awards.
"The companion volume to Burns’ Vietnam War documentary series on
PBS, the book stands alone as a powerful summary of the whole
conflict. It tells the story of the war from every conceivable
angle, including that of the young Vietnamese fighters. It’s
extraordinarily well-reported and written, and filled with
memorable photographs and illustrations—a reminder that the war
was, perhaps for the first time, shaped as much by powerful images
as written reports."
—Lancaster Online, Mark Bowden's "Ten Favorite Books on the Vietnam
War"
"A vivid and often captivating volume…a valuable resource."
—David Greenberg, The New York Times Book Review
"Once again Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns deliver the grand
historical goods in this feast of a book. For those too young to
remember the Vietnam War, this is the essential primer. For those
old enough to have Vietnam flashbacks or battle scars, read it and
weep. Highly recommended!!"
—Douglas Brinkley
"A sweeping, richly illustrated narrative of a conflict fast
retreating in memory... As they have done in numerous
collaborations, Ward and Burns take a vast topic and personalize
it... Of particular value is the inclusion of Vietnamese voices on
both sides of the conflict, most of whom agree more than four
decades later that the question of who won or lost is less
important than the fact that no one really prevailed... The text is
accompanied by more than 500 photographs, some of them immediately
recognizable...many others fresh... Accompanying the PBS series to
be aired in September 2017, this is an outstanding, indispensable
survey of the Vietnam War."
—Kirkus, (starred review)
"Lucid, flowing, and dramatic… Robustly detailed writing…
Eye-opening… Powerful in its own right… In their new ‘intimate’ yet
capacious history, the award-winning, audience-enthralling duo of
historian and screenwriter Ward and documentarian extraordinaire
Burns investigate the complex, divisive, and tragic Vietnam War
from a unique plurality of perspectives… This is a vivid,
affecting, definitive, and essential illustrated history."
—Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review)
"Lavishly illustrated…. Well-written and deeply researched, this
history covers virtually every aspect of the French and American
wars in Vietnam from 1945-1975, focusing mainly on military,
diplomatic, and political issues…. Anyone looking for an expansive
overview of the Vietnam War will find much to admire here."
—Publishers Weekly
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