Our Vietnam - by A J Langguth (Paperback)

About the Book

Selected as a best book of the year by the "Los Angeles Times" and "The Washington Post, Our Vietnam" is a thoroughly documented, deftly written in-depth report on the 20-year conflict that forever changed not only Vietnam, but America as well. 40 photos. 2 maps.

Book Synopsis

Winner of the Overseas Press Club's Cornelius J. Ryan Award for Best Nonfiction Book, the Commonwealth Club of California's Gold Medal for Nonfiction, and the PEN Center West Award for Best Research NonfictionTwenty-five years after the end of the Vietnam War, historian and journalist A. J. Langguth delivers an authoritative account of the war based on official documents not available earlier and on new reporting from both the American and Vietnamese perspectives. In Our Vietnam, Langguth takes us inside the waffling and deceitful White Houses of Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon; documents the ineptness and corruption of our South Vietnamese allies; and recounts the bravery of soldiers on both sides of the war. With its broad sweep and keen insights, Our Vietnam brings together the kaleidoscopic events and personalities of the war into one engrossing and unforgettable narrative.

Review Quotes

"The most complete and compelling narrative on the war."