Pulitzer Prize General Non Fiction Winner
Fire in the Lake
by Frances FitzGerald
Summary
A profound study of the history and culture of Vietnam and how the American intervention failed to understand the "traditional" social structure of the Vietnamese people.
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Historical Context & Significance
A tie winner in 1973. One of the most influential books on the Vietnam War; it won the Pulitzer, the National Book Award, and the Bancroft Prize for its critique of "American Exceptionalism."