A Rift in the Earth: Art, Memory, and the Fight for a Vietnam War Memorial

by James Reston Jr.

Book Overview

A Distinguished and Bestselling Historian and Army Veteran Revisits the Culture War that Raged around the Selection of Maya Lin's Design for the Vietnam Memorial

A Rift in the Earth tells the remarkable story of the ferocious "art war" that raged between 1979 and 1984 over what kind of memorial should be built to honor the men and women who died in the Vietnam War. The story intertwines art, politics, historical memory, patriotism,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1628728566
• ISBN13: 9781628728569
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Arcade Publishing
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.1"