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The Resource Vietnam : an epic tragedy, 1945-1975, Max Hastings, (digital audio book)

Vietnam : an epic tragedy, 1945-1975, Max Hastings, (digital audio book)

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Summary
"Vietnam became the Western world's most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on both sides, as well as researching a multitude of American and Vietnamese documents and memoirs, to create an epic narrative of an epic struggle. He portrays the set pieces of Dienbienphu, the 1968 Tet offensive, the air blitz of North Vietnam, and much less familiar miniatures such as the bloodbath at Daido -- where a US Marine battalion was almost wiped out -- together with extraordinary recollections of Ho Chi Minh's warriors. Here are the vivid realities of strife amid jungle and paddies that killed two million people. Many writers treat the war as a US tragedy, yet Hastings sees it overwhelmingly as one for the Vietnamese people, of whom forty died for every American. US blunders and atrocities were matched by those committed by their enemies. While all the world has seen the image of a screaming, naked girl seared by napalm, it forgets countless eviscerations, beheadings, and murders carried out by the communists. The people of both former Vietnams paid a bitter price for the Northerners' victory in privation and oppression. Here we are given testimony from Vietcong guerrillas, Southern paratroopers, Saigon bar girls, and Hanoi students alongside that of infantrymen from South Dakota, Marines from North Carolina, and Huey pilots from Arkansas. The author suggests that neither side deserved to win this struggle, and presents many lessons for the twenty-first century about the misuse of military might to confront intractable political and cultural challenges."--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 audio media player (approximately 33 hr., 30 min.)
Note
  • Title from container
  • "HD."
  • "LIGHT."
  • "Harper Audio."
  • Previously released by HarperCollins Publishers, ℗2018
  • Release date supplied by publisher
  • Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player
  • One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening
Isbn
9781987145823
Instance
Label
Vietnam : an epic tragedy, 1945-1975
Title
Vietnam
Title remainder
an epic tragedy, 1945-1975
Statement of responsibility
Max Hastings
Creator
Contributor
Author
Narrator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"Vietnam became the Western world's most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on both sides, as well as researching a multitude of American and Vietnamese documents and memoirs, to create an epic narrative of an epic struggle. He portrays the set pieces of Dienbienphu, the 1968 Tet offensive, the air blitz of North Vietnam, and much less familiar miniatures such as the bloodbath at Daido -- where a US Marine battalion was almost wiped out -- together with extraordinary recollections of Ho Chi Minh's warriors. Here are the vivid realities of strife amid jungle and paddies that killed two million people. Many writers treat the war as a US tragedy, yet Hastings sees it overwhelmingly as one for the Vietnamese people, of whom forty died for every American. US blunders and atrocities were matched by those committed by their enemies. While all the world has seen the image of a screaming, naked girl seared by napalm, it forgets countless eviscerations, beheadings, and murders carried out by the communists. The people of both former Vietnams paid a bitter price for the Northerners' victory in privation and oppression. Here we are given testimony from Vietcong guerrillas, Southern paratroopers, Saigon bar girls, and Hanoi students alongside that of infantrymen from South Dakota, Marines from North Carolina, and Huey pilots from Arkansas. The author suggests that neither side deserved to win this struggle, and presents many lessons for the twenty-first century about the misuse of military might to confront intractable political and cultural challenges."--
Accompanying matter
technical information on music
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Provided by publisher
Cataloging source
PLAYA
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Hastings, Max
Dewey number
959.704
Form of composition
not applicable
Format of music
not applicable
LC call number
DS557.7
LC item number
.H37 2018d
Literary text for sound recordings
history
Music parts
not applicable
PerformerNote
Read by the author
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • HarperCollins (Firm)
  • Harper Audio (Firm)
  • Playaway Digital Audio
  • Findaway World, LLC
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Vietnam
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Target audience
adult
Transposition and arrangement
not applicable
Label
Vietnam : an epic tragedy, 1945-1975, Max Hastings, (digital audio book)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Title from container
  • "HD."
  • "LIGHT."
  • "Harper Audio."
  • Previously released by HarperCollins Publishers, ℗2018
  • Release date supplied by publisher
  • Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player
  • One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening
Antecedent source
unknown
Capture and storage technique
unknown
Carrier category
  • other
  • other
Carrier category code
  • sz
  • nz
Carrier MARC source
  • rdacarrier
  • rdacarrier
Color
not applicable
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1056747833
Dimensions
3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 audio media player (approximately 33 hr., 30 min.)
File format
one file format
Form of item
direct electronic
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781987145823
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
not applicable
Kind of material
other
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
  • audio
  • unmediated
Media MARC source
  • rdamedia
  • rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
  • n
Other physical details
digital, HD audio
Publisher number
37849
Quality assurance targets
unknown
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
sound
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
other
Speed
other
System control number
(OCoLC)1056747833
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable
Label
Vietnam : an epic tragedy, 1945-1975, Max Hastings, (digital audio book)
Publication
Note
  • Title from container
  • "HD."
  • "LIGHT."
  • "Harper Audio."
  • Previously released by HarperCollins Publishers, ℗2018
  • Release date supplied by publisher
  • Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player
  • One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening
Antecedent source
unknown
Capture and storage technique
unknown
Carrier category
  • other
  • other
Carrier category code
  • sz
  • nz
Carrier MARC source
  • rdacarrier
  • rdacarrier
Color
not applicable
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1056747833
Dimensions
3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Dimensions
other
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 audio media player (approximately 33 hr., 30 min.)
File format
one file format
Form of item
direct electronic
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9781987145823
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
not applicable
Kind of material
other
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
  • audio
  • unmediated
Media MARC source
  • rdamedia
  • rdamedia
Media type code
  • s
  • n
Other physical details
digital, HD audio
Publisher number
37849
Quality assurance targets
unknown
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
sound
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
other
Speed
other
System control number
(OCoLC)1056747833
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable

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