Vietnam Shadows - The War, Its Ghosts, and Its Legacy

Informationen zum Autor Arnold R. Isaacs witnessed the final years of the Vietnam War as a war correspondent for the Baltimore Sun , where he also worked as Washington correspondent and editor. He is the author of the acclaimed Vietnam Shadows: The War, Its Ghosts, and Its Legacy , also available from Johns Hopkins, and coauthor of Pawns of War . Since 1984, he has taught courses on Vietnam at Maryland's Towson University. Klappentext "More than 20 years after the fall of Saigon, Vietnam still haunts us. It is the war that never seems to go away. Arnold Isaac's readable and insightful new book, "Vietnam Shadows," is an effort to explore comprehensively the many facets of this phenomenon." -- "Chicago Tribune" Zusammenfassung Isaacs reports and writes for those whose lives were changed by the war and for a generation that has come of age without memory of Vietnam but who nonetheless feels its shadow in the country they soon will lead.

About the author

Arnold R. Isaacs witnessed the final years of the Vietnam War as a war correspondent for the Baltimore Sun, where he also worked as Washington correspondent and editor. He is the author of the acclaimed Vietnam Shadows: The War, Its Ghosts, and Its Legacy, also available from Johns Hopkins, and coauthor of Pawns of War. Since 1984, he has taught courses on Vietnam at Maryland's Towson University.

Product details

• Authors: Arnold R Isaacs, Arnold R. Isaacs
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.06.2000
• EAN: 9780801863448
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-6344-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: American Moment; The American Moment
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; USA, Vietnam, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, Warfare & defence, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Asian History, Warfare and defence, History of the Americas, Modern warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Vietnam War, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, war reporting