What Was the Vietnam War?
- ISBN-10
- 1524789771
- ISBN-13
- 9781524789770
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 112
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019
- Publisher
- What Was
- Authors
- Who HQ, Jim O'Connor
Description
Presenting all sides of a complicated and tragic chapter in recent history, O'Connor explains why the United States got involved, what the human cost was, and how defeat in Vietnam left a lasting scar on America. Original.
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