Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's VietnamModern · History, Nonfiction, War
Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam
2012 · 1099 pages · Nonfiction
67
Modern
★ 4.43 on Goodreads · 3K ratings
Reserve shelf
≈ 27 hours to read · about 8 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (History) winner (2013). 4.43★ from 3K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
67Must-Read Score
- Readers96 out of 100 · counts 40%+44
- Critics63 out of 100 · counts 32% (its stronger lane)+23
- Bestseller0 out of 100 · counts 14%+0
- Buzz1 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
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Won
- Pulitzer Prize (History) winner (2013)
Reads as
True story, Epic
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