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Gr 6–8—Freedman tackles head-on multiple perspectives and controversies surrounding the war, such as Vietnam's history as a French colony, the lead-up...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Freedman opens his history of America's second-longest war with the massive April 1971 protest against it, posing two questions that frame the entire text: "Was the Vietnam War a tragic mistake? Or was it…'a noble cause?'" His conclusions, and straightforward reasons for them, are, respectively, yes and no. Without overwhelming young readers with excessive detail, he flashes back over two thousand years, outlining the many foreign ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Freedman opens his history of America's second-longest war with the massive April 1971 protest against it. Without overwhelming readers, he ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More