{"product_id":"fire-in-the-lake-frances-fitzgerald-9780316159197","title":"Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam","description":"\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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frances Fitzgerald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316159190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316159197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/17\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.32h x 5.58w x 1.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2002 pg. 99","brand":"Frances Fitzgerald","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050059395327,"sku":"9780316159197","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bcd14dbd-81ba-43c5-85dc-37b9d92b363c.jpg?v=1685004972","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fire-in-the-lake-frances-fitzgerald-9780316159197","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}