Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam
This landmark work, based on Frances FitzGerald's own research and travels in Southeast Asia in the era of the Vietnam War, takes us inside Vietnam--into the traditional, ancestor-worshiping villages and the corrupt crowded cities, into the conflicts between Communists and anti-Communists, Catholics and Buddhists, generals and monks--and reveals the country as if through Vietnamese eyes. With clarity and authority, Fire in the lake shows how America utterly and tragically misinterpreted the realities of Vietnam.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Back Bay Books
- Year
- 2014
- ISBN-13
- 9780316162340
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Vietnam WarVietnamese culture and societyAmerican foreign policy failures
Awards
- Bancroft PrizeWon(1973)
- Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionWonMajor(1973)
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1973)
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