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Fire in the Lake : The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam by Frances FitzGerald (2002, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle Brown & Company
ISBN-100316159190
ISBN-139780316159197
eBay Product ID (ePID)2025248
Product Key Features
Book TitleFire in the Lake : the Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam
Number of Pages512 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAsia / Southeast Asia, Asia / General, Military / Vietnam War, World / Asian
Publication Year2002
FeaturesReprint
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, History
AuthorFrances Fitzgerald
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight16.4 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-543944
Dewey Edition18
Dewey Decimal320.9/597/043
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisFrances FitzGerald's landmark history of Vietnam and the Vietnam War, "A compassionate and penetrating account of the collision of two societies that remain untranslatable to one another." ( New York Times Book Review ) This magisterial work, based on Frances FitzGerald's many years of research and travels, takes us inside the history of Vietnam--the traditional, ancestor-worshiping villages, the conflicts between Communists and anti-Communists, Catholics and Buddhists, generals and monks, the disruption created by French colonialism, and America's ill-fated intervention--and reveals the country as seen through Vietnamese eyes. Originally published in 1972, FIRE IN THE LAKE was the first history of Vietnam written by an American, and subsequently won the Pulitzer Prize, the Bancroft Prize, and the National Book Award. With a clarity and insight unrivaled by any author before it or since, Frances FitzGerald illustrates how America utterly and tragically misinterpreted the realities of Vietnam., Frances FitzGerald's landmark history of Vietnam and the Vietnam War, "a compassionate and penetrating account of the collision of two societies that remain untranslatable to one another." ( New York Times Book Review ) This magisterial work, based on Frances FitzGerald's many years of research and travels, takes us inside the history of Vietnam -- the traditional, ancestor-worshiping villages, the conflicts between Communists and anti-Communists, Catholics and Buddhists, generals and monks, the disruption created by French colonialism, and America's ill-fated intervention -- and reveals the country as seen through Vietnamese eyes. Originally published in 1972, Fire in the Lake was the first history of Vietnam written by an American and won the Pulitzer Prize, the Bancroft Prize, and the National Book Award. With a clarity and insight unrivaled by any author before it or since, Frances FitzGerald illustrates how America utterly and tragically misinterpreted the realities of Vietnam.
LC Classification NumberDS556.9.F57 2002
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- 13 Nov, 2020
Too much about opportunist individuals but also describes much about the NLF too.
Pros: - In line citations for many important data points. - Over 100 pages contain content on a combination of how the NLF organized, the Tet offensive, material conditions of poor and working people outside and inside Saigon, and the transition from U.S. ground forces against Vietnamese workers to bombing/napalm/machine gun raids via U.S. air force, - Includes bibliography to reinforce FitzGerald's claims. Cons: - Too much time spent describing the opportunism and infighting of individuals within the Saigon bureaucracyVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 01 Jun, 2021
Answers at last.
Fire in the lake is the work by a brilliant journalist who saw and now explains what we needed to know before we ever got involved in Vietnam. Fitzgerald is brilliant and I wish we had known before we committed to fight a war in Vietnam what she knew when she got there and explains to us now.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 11 Aug, 2021
Informative & well-written
If you want a comprehensive history of the Vietnam War from a sociological perspective, this is the book to read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
