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Random House The Vietnam War. An Intimate History Ward Geoffrey C., Burns Ken

Random House The Vietnam War. An Intimate History Ward Geoffrey C., Burns Ken

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Исчерпывающая работа о войне во Вьетнаме, конфликте, который стал определяющим для поколения, рассказанная со всех сторон теми, кто там присутствовал • Спустя более сорока лет после окончания войны во Вьетнаме ее наследие продолжает очаровывать, ужасать нас и раскрывать все новые детали. Будучи первой войной, которая велась перед телекамерами и транслировалась по всему миру, она была увековечена в фильмах и на страницах газет и навсегда изменила наше представление о войне • Опираясь на сотни новых интервью, Кен Бернс и Джеффри К. Уорд создали исчерпывающую работу о Вьетнаме. Это первая книга, которая показывает нам войну со всех точек зрения: от идеалистических морских пехотинцев США и семей, которые они оставили на родине, до вьетнамских гражданских, как на Севере, так и на Юге, чья родина изменилась безвозвратно; политики, военнопленных и антивоенных протесстов; и фотографы и журналисты, которые рисковали своей жизнью, чтобы пролить свет на правду подробнее
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