10,000 days of thunder : a history of the Vietnam War
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2005.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 26 cm
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 6
Status
Waterloo Public Library - Adult Nonfiction
TEEN 959.7043 CAP
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TEEN 959.7043 CAP
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More Details
Published
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2005.
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
UPC
9780689862311
Accelerated Reader
MG
Level 9.7, 6 Points
Level 9.7, 6 Points
Lexile measure
1210
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-123) and index.
Description
It was the war that lasted ten thousand days. The war that inspired scores of songs. The war that sparked dozens of riots. And in this stirring chronicle, Pulitzer Prize- winning journalist Philip Caputo writes about our country's most controversial war -- the Vietnam War -- for young readers. From the first stirrings of unrest in Vietnam under French colonial rule, to American intervention, to the battle at Hamburger Hill, to the Tet Offensive, to the fall of Saigon, 10,000 Days of Thunder explores the war that changed the lives of a generation of Americans and that still reverberates with us today. Included within 10,000 Days of Thunder are personal anecdotes from soldiers and civilians, as well as profiles and accounts of the actions of many historical luminaries, both American and Vietnamese, involved in the Vietnam War, such as Richard M. Nixon, General William C. Westmoreland, Ho Chi Minh, Joe Galloway, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Lyndon B. Johnson, and General Vo Nguyen Giap. Caputo also explores the rise of Communism in Vietnam, the roles that women played on the battlefield, the antiwar movement at home, the participation of Vietnamese villagers in the war, as well as the far-reaching impact of the war's aftermath.
Target Audience
Young Adult.
Target Audience
1210,Lexile.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,9.7.
Study Program Information
Reading Counts!,7.6.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Caputo, P. (2005). 10,000 days of thunder: a history of the Vietnam War . Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Caputo, Philip. 2005. 10,000 Days of Thunder: A History of the Vietnam War. Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Caputo, Philip. 10,000 Days of Thunder: A History of the Vietnam War Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2005.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Caputo, Philip. 10,000 Days of Thunder: A History of the Vietnam War Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2005.
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