Vietnam War: Biographies profiles sixty important figures from the Vietnam War era. The essays cover such key government figures as Ho Chi Minh, Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert S. McNamara, Ngo Dinh Diem, and Richard M. Nixon; military leaders William Westmoreland and Vo Nguyen Giap; antiwar activists Joan Baez, David Dellinger, and Abbie Hoffman; journalists Frances FitzGerald, David Halberstam, and Neil Sheehan; and prominent veterans Ron Kovic, Tim O'Brien, John McCain, and Oliver Stone. Informative sidebars containing brief biographies, excerpts from memoirs and documents, and interesting facts highlight many entries. Also included are a timeline, glossary, more than seventy photos, further readings, and a subject index.
