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Steele, Philip, 1948-

The Vietnam War? / Did anything good come out of... the Vietnam War? Did anything good come out of the Vietnam War? Philip Steele. - London , Wayland, an imprint of Hachette Children's Group, 2015. - 48 pages; illustrations, maps, portraits; 26 cm. - Did anything good come out of ... .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. What was the Vietnam War? -- Hell at Khe Sanh -- The causes -- The Second Indochina War -- War like wildfire -- End of the road -- Part II. What came out of the Vietnam War? -- Power but no glory -- Dominoes -- Stalemate at the UN -- How the worlds changed -- Dollars for war -- Social change -- Women at war -- Saving lives -- New technologies -- Fire from Hell -- Clearing the jungle -- Media and the arts -- Art of the war -- Writers, facts and fiction -- Part III. So did anything good come out of the Vietnam War? -- The big questions -- Legacy of the Vietnam War.

This book considers the Vietnam (or Second Indochina) War, 1955-1975, which may have killed as many as 3 million troops and civilians. It divided America, it aroused huge opposition around the world and it divided generations. Why was it fought and what were the outcomes? Did it have any unexpected consequences? Did any good at all come out of it?

ISBN: 9780750295901 0750295902

Subjects--Meeting Names:
Vietnam War (1961-1975)

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1961-1975

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Juvenile literature.

Dewey Class. No.: 959.704/3