Bibliograph

Boots on the ground, America's war in Vietnam, Elizabeth Partridge

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Boots on the ground, America's war in Vietnam, Elizabeth Partridge

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-210) and index

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contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Intended audience

Ages 12 up

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Boots on the ground

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Elizabeth Partridge

Sub title

America's war in Vietnam

Summary

"An exploration of the Vietnam War from many different perspectives including an American soldier's, a nurse, and a Vietnamese refugee."--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Prologue (November 1968) -- Vietnam: Military advisor, Mike Horan (May 1962-June 1963) -- America: President and Commander in Chief, John F. Kennedy (November 1963) -- America: President and Commander in Chief, Lyndon B. Johnson (August 1964-December 1965) -- Vietnam: Boots on the grouond, Gilbert de la O (October 1965-September 1966) -- America: Protestor, Martin Luther King Jr. (January 1967-October 1967) -- Vietnam: Machine gunner, Henry Allen (April 1967-May 1968) -- America: President and Commander in Chief, Lyndon B. Johnson (October 1969-February 1968) -- Vietnam: Medic, Tom Kelley (December 1967-December 1968) -- America: President and Commander in Chief, Lyndon B. Johnson (March 1968-December 1968) -- America: President and Commander in Chief, Richard M. Nixon (January 1969) -- Vietnam: Infantryman, Jan Scruggs (April 1969-April 1970) -- America: President and Commander in Chief, Richard M. Nixon (February 1969-June 1969) -- Vietnam: Green Beret, David Oshiro (May 1969-May 1970) -- America: Protest singer, Country Joe McDonald (August 1969-March 1970) -- Vietnam: Nurse, Lily Lee Adams (October 1969-October 1970) -- America: President and Commander in Chief, Richard M. Nixon (October 1969-August 1974) -- America: President and Commander in Chief, Gerald K. Ford (March 1975-April 1975) -- Vietnam: Refugee, Hoa thi Nguyen (March 1975-April 1975) -- America: Veteran, Jan Scruggs (April 1975-March 1979) -- America: Memorial designer, Maya Lin (October 1980-July 1982) -- America: The National Salute to Vietnam Veterans, The veterans (November 10-14, 1982) -- Epilogue -- What became of the men and women interviewed for Boots on the Ground?

Target audience

pre adolescent

resource.variantTitle

America's war in Vietnam

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