When someone asks you ... Contributed by Bill Faith
When someone asks you why in hell we went to interfere in a civil war on the other side of the world, and how it was we then lost the war to a bunch of little guys in black pajamas, what do you tell them? If the right explanation doesn't come to your lips right away and they make you feel defensive and uncomfortable, then reading this little book will help you a lot.
When someone says that not learning the lessons of Viet Nam, about how wrong and stupid it is for the US to try to be an imperialist power, and how immoral action always leads to defeat and disgrace, and you are not sure just how to formulate some kind of response, then reading this little book will give you a clearer picture of the real history, in simple terms you can explain to others.
When you hear or read a diatribe about how the US military lost its soul in Viet Nam, committing atrocities as a matter of course, and how it was mostly the innocent citizens and peasants of the countryside who were the victims of American might, and you wish you could effectively counter such talk, then you will find in this little book the facts you need.
When someone blathers on about how wonderful things are in Viet Nam today, and how proud the antiwar people can be who got us out of there so that national reunification and peace and justice could come to pass, do you wonder if they are right after all? Then the details of the actual effects of the fall of Saigon will interest you, as well as what goes on in Viet Nam today.
Have you wondered about the many hundreds of books and articles now listed on the Net about Viet Nam and the war, which are worth reading, which are mistaken, inaccurate, or biased? The reading list provided in this little book covers every aspect of the war, with books and authors whose reviews and qualifications are outstanding. The list of websites where many volumes of information can be found is also splendid.
-- R J Del Vecchio
I'll may try, eventually, to write my own long thoughtful piece on why you should own a copy of . On the other hand, I never claimed to be one of the world's great writers. For now I'll settle for "I read it. I learned from it. You will too." Click to learn more.
Contributed by Bill Faith on September 3, 2006 at 10:02 PM in , , , , |