The Vietnam War: From Da Nang to Saigon

by Deborah Kent

What are we over here fighting for? An American soldier asked this question during the Vietnam War. Many other American soldiers and citizens wondered the same thing. The conflict began when the United States sent armed forces to defend South Vietnam against Communist North Vietnam. It was supposed to be a brief military operation, but it ended as a bloody, twelve-year conflict in which thousands of American soldiers were killed. Author Deborah Kent...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0766036375
• ISBN13: 9780766036376
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Enslow Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 12