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The devil's trick : how Canada fought the Vietnam War by John Boyko [Boyko, John] is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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In time for the 45th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, and in the style of his bestselling book Blood and Daring: How Canada Fought the American Civil War and Forged a Nation , John Boyko brings to light the little-known story of Canada's involvement in the American War in Vietnam. Through the lens of six remarkable participants in the Vietnam War, some well-known, others obscure, bestselling historian John Boyko recounts Canada's often-overlooked involvement in that conflict as peacemaker, combatant and provider of sanctuary. When Brigadier General Sherwood Lett arrived in Vietnam over a decade before American troops, he and the Canadians under his command risked their lives trying to enforce an unstable peace while questioning whether they were American lackeys--or handmaidens to a new war. As American battleships steamed across the Pacific, Canadian diplomat Blair Seaborn was meeting secretly in Hanoi with North Vietnam's prime minister; if Seaborn could convince the Americans to accept his roadmap to peace, those ships could be turned around before war began. Claire Culhane worked in a Canadian hospital in Vietnam and then returned home to implore Canadians to stop supporting
Who reads The devil's trick : how Canada fought the Vietnam War?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- John Boyko [Boyko, John]
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf Canada
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780735278011
- Category
- nonfiction