Fire in the Lake

The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam

By Frances FitzGerald
(Back Bay Books, Paperback, 9780316159197, 512pp.)

Publication Date: July 2002

Other Editions of This Title: Prebound (July 2002), Paperback (July 1989)

Categories: Military - Vietnam War, Political Process - General

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This landmark work, based on Frances FitzGerald's own research and travels, 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 seen through Vietnamese eyes. With a clarity and authority unrivaled by any book before it or since, "Fire in the Lake" shows how America utterly and tragically misinterpreted the realities of Vietnam.
-- In the 30 years since its initial publication, "Fire in the Lake" has achieved the status of a classic.
-- An essential text for students of Asian-American relations.
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