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Vietnam War: Biographies presents biographies of sixty men and women who participated in or were affected by the Vietnam War. These two volumes profile a diverse mix of personalities from both the United States and Vietnam, including politicians, military leaders, antiwar activists, journalists, authors, nurses, veterans, and civilians who got caught in the middle of the conflict.
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Vietnam War Biographies Volume 1: A–K Vietnam War Biographies Kevin Hillstrom and Laurie Collier Hillstrom Diane Sawinski, Editor Contents Reader’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Vietnam War Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Words to Know. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv Volume 1: A-K Spiro T. Agnew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Joan Baez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Daniel Berrigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 McGeorge Bundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 William Calley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Ramsey Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Richard J. Daley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 David Dellinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Jeremiah Denton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Daniel Ellsberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Diane Carlson Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Bernard Fall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Frances FitzGerald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Jane Fonda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 v J. William Fulbright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Barry Goldwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 David Halberstam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Tom Hayden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Michael Herr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Ho Chi Minh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Abbie Hoffman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Lyndon B. Johnson . . . . . . . . .