{"product_id":"9780842027137","title":"Light At The End Of The Tunnel","description":"The Vietnam War alternately mesmerized and maddened the American public  for two decades.  The repercussions of this unsettling episode in American  history still resonate in our society. Light at the End of the Tunnel: A  Vietnam War Anthology is a collection of some of the best writing on this  tumultuous period in history.\u003cbr\u003e    \u003cbr\u003eThis updated and revised edition of \u003ci\u003eLight at the End of the Tunnel\u003c\/i\u003e is an  exhaustive account of the Vietnam War that gives a total overview of the  conflict.  Vietnam specialist Andrew Rotter has selected the finest pieces  to illuminate the social, cultural, and military aspects of the war and has  included several gritty passages in a section of the book that takes the  reader into the jungle to experience the war from a soldier's perspective.    This penetrating account offers such notable writers as Stephen Ambrose,  one of today's most respected historical biographers and author of the  bestseller \u003ci\u003eUndaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the  Opening of the American West\u003c\/i\u003e; Philip Caputo, a gung-ho Marine from Chicago  who arrived in Vietnam in March 1965 and quickly changed his thinking about  the war; Frances FitzGerald, author of the popular book on Vietnam titled  \u003ci\u003eFire on the Lake\u003c\/i\u003e; and Neil Sheehan, the perceptive reporter who covered the  war for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e.  Vietnam contemporaries such as Robert  McNamara, Secretary of Defense under Lyndon Johnson, and Henry Kissinger,  National Security Adviser under Richard Nixon, also lend their voices and  perspectives to events surrounding the war.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eThis book is essential for anyone interested in truly understanding the  Vietnam War.  These readings will both educate and entertain those who want  to find out more about this turning point in the history of the United  States and, indeed, the world.  ","brand":"Sr Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022219100400,"sku":"9780842027137","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780842027137_p0.jpg?v=1763824894","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780842027137","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}