As well as providing the historical events, the book attempts to put the Vietnam War in its place in history. Evidence and Arguments Presented While the authors offer a history based on American involvement in Vietnam they also include background details on all the other parties involved in the war. This background information is given to make the reader aware of the environment in which the Vietnam war occurred. ... The book is essentially a historical account of the Vietnam war. ... The great historical detail did not make the book a boring, instead the context the events were given made t...

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• Grade Level: High School

This is the question posed by Mahatma Gandhi, which can be applied to many of the wars that the United States has encountered in the past century, including World War II and the Vietnam War, which are the historical subjects of literary works by John Hersey and Ron Kovic. ... The subjects of Hersey's work include people from all backgrounds, including a Jesuit Priest, two doctors, a Methodist Pastor, a young clerk, and a mother and her three children. ... A familiar phrase in Kovic's narrative includes the words Vietnam and veteran. When he is arrested, Kovic says, "I"m a Vietnam ...

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• Grade Level: High School