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Country United States Publication date September 28, 2004 ISBN 0-7432-6104-6 Genre Vietnam War | 4.2/5 Goodreads Language English Pages 572 Originally published 28 September 2004 Page count 572 Publisher Simon & Schuster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Hardcover and Trade Paperback Awards Ambassador Book Award for American Studies Similar David Maraniss books, War Novels, Vietnam books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vietnam war symposium they marched into sunlight war and peace vietnam and america october 1967
They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967 is a 2004 book written by David Maraniss. The book centers around the Battle of Ong Thanh and a protest at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Contents
- Vietnam war symposium they marched into sunlight war and peace vietnam and america october 1967
- History book review they marched into sunlight war and peace vietnam and america october 1967 b
- Individuals mentioned
- Television documentary
- Film adaptation
- Editions
- References
It was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for History in 2004, and won the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize that same year.
History book review they marched into sunlight war and peace vietnam and america october 1967 b
Individuals mentioned
Television documentary
A 2005 documentary film, titled Two Days in October, was based on this book, and produced as part of the PBS series American Experience series. It won a Peabody Award. In the UK, it was also broadcast by BBC Four as How Vietnam was Lost, as part of the channel's Storyville series.
Film adaptation
Both Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman have the rights for making a feature film version of Maraniss's book. Their production company Playtone is very interested in having Paul Greengrass (United 93, The Bourne Ultimatum) as director of the project besides re-writing J. Michael Straczynski's first draft. Universal Pictures was expecting to release the film in 2013.