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The long reckoning : a story of war, peace, and redemption in Vietnam  Cover Image Book Book

The long reckoning : a story of war, peace, and redemption in Vietnam / George Black.

Summary:

"The moving story of a small group of veterans, scientists, and pacifists who forced the U.S. government to take responsibility for the horrors inflicted on the Vietnamese with unexploded munitions and the toxic defoliant Agent Orange"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593534106
  • ISBN: 0593534107
  • Physical Description: x, 478 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"This is a Borzoi book."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-451) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Going to B -- Of Mountains and Machines -- The Summer of Love -- Socks on an Octopus -- Saddle Up, Cowboys! -- Grunt -- Orphans of Creation -- This Is Not a Practice -- "Tonight You Die, Marine" -- Scavengers -- The Smoky Landscape -- Benefit of the Doubt -- Untangling the Tangle -- Bring Our Daddy Home -- The Third Rail -- The Things They Carried Back -- A Vietnamese in Disguise -- Policing the Brass -- Milk That Glowed in the Dark -- The End of Our Exploring -- The Road to Damascus -- Great Loss and Confusion -- Angry Ghosts -- The Worst Thing, the Best Thing -- The Painter, the Sprinter, and the Monk -- Unfinished Business -- Turning the Ho Chi Minh Trail Brown -- The Pocket of Fire -- The End of the Trail -Epilogue : Hill 674.
Subject: Agent Orange > Health aspects > Vietnam.
Agent Orange > Environmental aspects > Vietnam.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Health aspects > Vietnam.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Environmental aspects > Vietnam.
War victims > Services for > Vietnam.
Unexploded ordnance > Vietnam.
Land mines > Vietnam.
United States > Foreign relations > Vietnam.
Vietnam > Foreign relations > United States.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Clearfield.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
DuBois Public Library 959.70 BLACK (Text)
Memorial: In Memory of Ted Reitz
61000100095732 Adult NonFiction Available -
Joseph & Elizabeth Shaw Public Library 959.7043 BLACK (Text)
Memorial: In memory of Glenn R. Yeager presented by PERS Association Clearfield Elks #540.
39636100455639 Adult Nonfiction Available -


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