What Was the Vietnam War?
What Was the Vietnam War?
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What Was the Vietnam War?

Written by Jim O'Connor and Who HQ & illustrated by Tim Foley
Part of the What Was . . . ? Book Series
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8 - 11
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112
Page count
76
Words per page
870L
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May 7, 2019
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Learn how the United States ended up fighting for twenty years in a remote country on the other side of the world. The Vietnam War was as much a part of the tumultuous Sixties as Flower Power and the Civil Rights Movement. Five US presidents were convinced that American troops could end a war in the small, divided country of Vietnam and stop Communism from spreading in Southeast Asia. But they were wrong, and the result was the death of 58,000 American troops. Presenting all sides of a complicated and tragic chapter in recent history, Jim O’Connor explains why the US got involved, what the human cost was, and how defeat in Vietnam left a lasting scar on America.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781524789770
    Publication Date
    May 7, 2019
    Publisher
    Penguin Workshop
    Page Count
    112
    Words Per Page
    76
    Audience
    Juvenile Reader
    Reading Age
    8 - 11 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2018061144
    Lexile® Level
    870L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~U
    ATOS® Book Level
    6.3
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    1
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    501992
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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