{"product_id":"the-war-within-a-war","title":"The War Within a War","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThe War Within a War\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eWil Haygood\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780593537695\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eKnopf\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2026\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e384\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward-winning author and journalist Wil Haygood explores how the Vietnam War became a mirror for the struggle of Black Americans--fighting for freedom abroad while demanding equality at home--and a powerful lens through which to understand the racial and political divides that continue to shape American life. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"With this book, Wil Haygood has become the preeminent chronicler of the Black experience in America.\" --Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Laureate for \u003ci\u003eThe Making of the Atomic Bomb\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eIn these masterful pages, Haygood reframes both the Vietnam War and the United States' unfinished struggle for equality.\"--Mitchell Zuckoff, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003e13 Hours \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLost in Shangri-La\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on the lives of soldiers and officers, doctors and nurses, journalists and activists, artists and politicians, Haygood illuminates a generation caught between two battles: one on the front lines in Vietnam and another for justice and dignity in America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong those at the heart of the story are Air Force pilot Fred Cherry, the first Black officer captured by the North Vietnamese and a hero to millions back home; Dr. Elbert Nelson, a doctor who came to Vietnam after watching TV footage of the Watts riots in Los Angeles and soon found himself amid rising Black soldier protests overseas; Wallace Terry, a groundbreaking Black reporter determined to expose the dynamics of race and war to the American public and Philippa Schuyler, a biracial concert pianist who traveled to Vietnam to rescue mixed-race orphans, many fathered by Black soldiers, and died trying to bring them to safety. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSurrounding their experiences are the cultural and political forces of the era, including Martin Luther King Jr., Marvin Gaye, Berry Gordy, and Lyndon Johnson, whose voices and actions shaped a decade of turbulence and transformation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe War Within a War\u003c\/i\u003e is both sweeping history and intimate revelation, capturing the tragedies and triumphs, the honor and hypocrisies, the courage and cowardice that shaped an era and whose repercussions resonate today.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Knopf","offers":[{"title":"The War Within a War | Wil Haygood | Hardcover | 9780593537695 | New | American History 1734609","offer_id":48168139817112,"sku":"1734609","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81PNmIzG51L.jpg?v=1771963965","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/the-war-within-a-war","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}