{"product_id":"fire-in-the-lake-the-vietnamese-and-the-americans-in-vietnam-paperback","title":"Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrances Fitzgerald\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrances FitzGerald's landmark history of Vietnam and the Vietnam War, \"a compassionate and penetrating account of the collision of two societies that remain untranslatable to one another.\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis magisterial work, based on Frances FitzGerald's many years of research and travels, takes us inside the history of Vietnam -- the traditional, ancestor-worshiping villages, the conflicts between Communists and anti-Communists, Catholics and Buddhists, generals and monks, the disruption created by French colonialism, and America's ill-fated intervention -- and reveals the country as seen through Vietnamese eyes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published in 1972, \u003ci\u003eFire in the Lake\u003c\/i\u003e was the first history of Vietnam written by an American and won the Pulitzer Prize, the Bancroft Prize, and the National Book Award. With a clarity and insight unrivaled by any author before it or since, Frances FitzGerald illustrates how America utterly and tragically misinterpreted the realities of Vietnam.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrances FitzGerald is the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Bancroft Prize, and a prize from the National Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFire in the Lake: the Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAmerica Revised: History School Books in the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eCities on a Hill: A Journey through Contemporary American Culture\u003c\/i\u003es; \u003ci\u003eWay Out in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eVietnam: Spirits of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e. She has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper's, The New York Review of Books, The Nation, Rolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.31 x 8.32 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 17, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978436804909,"sku":"9780316159197","price":22.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/bnNWcElaR0tGRmhsL3grQXRUcTBFZz09.webp?v=1775805150","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/fire-in-the-lake-the-vietnamese-and-the-americans-in-vietnam-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}