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It also won the inaugural american library in paris book award 1 and the 20 arthur ross book award and was a runnerup for the cundill prize. Fredrik logevall is the stephen and madeline anbinder professor of history at cornell university, where he serves as vice provost for international affairs as well as director of the mario einaudi center for international studies. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The course of americas vietnam war is not just linked, but foretold in this earlier conflict. Advance praise for embers of war a monumental history. Books in this seminar studies in history series bridge the gap between textbook and specialist survey and consists of a brief introduction andor background to the subject, valuable in. Readers interested in the history of southeast asia, or the vietnam war. The fall of an empire and the making of americas vietnam random house, 2012. Aug 21, 2012 advance praise for embers of war a monumental history. With embers of war, he has written an even more impressive book about the french conflict in vietnam and the beginning of the american onefrom the end of world war ii to the beginning of the second vietnam war in 1959. Pulitzer prize citation fredrik logevall s excellent book choosing war 1999 chronicled the american escalation of the vietnam war in the early 1960s.
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