The Father of All Things

Bissell, Tom

In April 1975, as Saigon fell to the North loja Vietnamese Army, former Marine officer preco John Bissell was bissell, tom glued to his loja television, racked with anguish The Father of All Things and horror as his country abandoned a cause for which so many of his friends venda had died. This book is escritor his son Tom´s bissell, tom reckoning with the venda Vietnam War and its The Father of All Things impact on his father, his country, and Vietnam itself. Bissell also explores the many debates preco about the war, and shows submarino how the war bissell, tom has continued to preco influence American views on The Father of All Things foreign policy more than thirty years later. At the heart of the book is John escritor and Tom Bissell´s journey back autor to Vietnam. As bissell, tom they travel the escritor country and talk to The Father of All Things Vietnamese veterans, we relive the war as John Bissell experienced it, visit the site of submarino his near-fatal wounding, and hear barato him explain how bissell, tom Vietnam shaped him submarino and so many of The Father of All Things his generation.--From publisher description.The author describes his journey to Vietnam with his war veteran father, autor offering a glimpse of a premiado land that had bissell, tom shaped both of autor their lives while reflecting The Father of All Things on his father´s war experience and the war´s continuing political, cultural, and personal influence.

Editora: Pantheon Books
ISBN: 037542265X
Número barato de páginas: 448
Acabamento: 
HARDCOVER
Local de Publicação: sucesso United States