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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Names: Biggs, David A., author.
Title: Footprints of war : militarized landscapes in Vietnam / David Biggs.
Description: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2018] | Series: Weyerhaeuser environmental books | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2018003967 (print) | LCCN 2018004835 (ebook) | ISBN 9780295743875 (ebook) | ISBN 9780295743868 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Vietnam, Central—History, Military—20th century. | Vietnam, Central—Environmental conditions. | War—Environmental aspects—Vietnam, Central. | Indochinese War, 1946-1954—Environmental aspects—Vietnam, Central. | Vietnam War, 1961–1975—Environmental aspects—Vietnam, Central.
Classification: LCC DS559.92.C44 (ebook) | LCC DS559.92.C44 B54 2018 (print) | DDC 304.2/8095974—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018003967
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