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They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967

David Maraniss

Focuses on a crucial two-day battle in Vietnam that was also marked by an ill-fated protest by University of Wisconsin students at the Dow Chemical Company, in an hour-by-hour narrative.

HistoryAmerican History · medium confidenceAmerican History81 signalsLlm Classifier: American History -> American HistoryGoogle Books: History -> HistoryKeyword Classifier: War & Military -> War & MilitaryVietnam WarSoldiers, Veterans & Combat ExperienceWar & Military Strategy

Award History

1 wins · 3 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize2004WinnerSecondary source
Pulitzer Prize in HistoryMajor2004FinalistSecondary source
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History2003FinalistSecondary source
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Experimental book profileGenerated by GPT-5.4 nano · may contain inaccuracies

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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

    These suggestions did not meet the normal display threshold and are more likely to be wrong.

    • Vietnam45%
    • America40%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 42%.