Copyright © 2017 by James Reston, Jr.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Reston, James, Jr., 1941–author.

Title: A rift in the Earth: art, memory, and the fight for a Vietnam War memorial / James Reston, Jr.

Description: First edition. | New York: Arcade Publishing, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017012314 (print) | LCCN 2017029092 (ebook) | ISBN 9781628728583 (ebook) | ISBN 9781628728569 (hardcover: alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.)—History. | Vietnam War, 1961-1975—Monuments—Washington (D.C.) | Lin, Maya Ying. | Hart, Frederick, 1943- | Washington (D.C.)—Buildings, structures, etc.

Classification: LCC F203.4.V54 (ebook) | LCC F203.4.V54 R47 2017 (print) | DDC 959.704/36—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017012314

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