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Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Traces American involvement in Vietnam from

Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Traces American involvement in Vietnam from the last days of World War II, when Americans parachuted to fight with Ho Chi Minh against the Japanese, to the fall of Saigon three decades later. Red boards with black spine, 634 pp., 3 maps. Minor soiling on bottom edge. Otherwise minimal wear. Unmarked, clean text, tight binding, nice jacket.

Book First edition, First printing Book is in Very Good + condition. Boards

Book First edition, First printing Book is in Very Good + condition. Boards have a tiny bit of shelf wear. Fore edges have a small amount of wear. Interior is clean and legible. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Very Good + condition. Tiny bit of shelf wear/rub. Tiniest bit of wear along the edges. Not price clipped. Dust Jacket is covered by Mylar wrapper. Thanks and Enjoy. All-ways well boxed, All-ways fast service. Thanks.

Clean, unmarked copy.

Clean, unmarked copy.

x, 634 p. Maps. Glossary. Index. Traces American involvement in Vietnam from

x, 634 p. Maps. Glossary. Index. Traces American involvement in Vietnam from the last days of World War II, when Americans parachuted to fight with Ho Chi Minh against the Japanese, to the fall of Saigon three decades later.

x, [8], 634, [4] pages. Includes Acknowledgments, Maps, Introduction, and An

x, [8], 634, [4] pages. Includes Acknowledgments, Maps, Introduction, and An Epiphany. Book One (Dragon's Teeth) covers the period from 1940-1965, and discusses "Welcome to Our American Friends, " "La Sale Guerre", and "A Puppet Who Pulled His Own Strings. Books Two (Digging In) covers the period from 1954-1970, and discusses "Two Soldiers", "Grunts and REMFs; " "Bandages and Body Bags', ''Hearts and Minds'', Night Visitors; Those Daring Young Men; In Mine Enemy's House; Aid and Comfort; Brass; and The Good Life. Book Three (Liftoff) covers the period from 1970-1975, and discusses The Long Good-bye and The Fast Exit. The book also contains a Chronology, Glossary and an Index. Harry Maurer is the author of three oral histories: Not Working: An Oral History of the Unemployed; Strange Ground: Americans in Vietnam, 1945-1975; and Sex: An Oral History. This oral history traces the evolution of American involvement from the last days of World War II to the fall of Saigon three decades later, after we had achieved "peace with honor." These are the vivid, spontaneous recollections of a vastly divergent group of Americans who lived and worked in Vietnam, in peace and in war--soldiers, diplomats, clerks, medics, reporters, doctors and nurses, generals, relief workers and spies. Some of them are bitter about their country's aggression, others about their country's defeat. Some feel they are better for the experience, or simply did a job that is now over. Some had a good time. Taken together, these unique voices and experiences illuminate the strange ground that was Vietnam. Derived from a Kirkus review: A massive but consistently gripping oral history of American engagement in Vietnam. Maurer was a Business Week staffer and the author of a previous oral history, Not Working, 1980. Maurer didn't serve in Vietnam; in fact, he is, as he confesses in his long introduction to the 65 interviews here, "a draft dodger" (by way of a psychiatric deferment). This book, he explains, grew from his realization a decade ago that he knew little of those who did serve, and needed to know more. Presumably he now knows much; certainly anyone who reads this book will. Arranged in rough chronological order--beginning with an OSS Major who parachuted into the country during WW II to discuss anti-Japanese resistance with Ho Chi Minh, and winding up with an Embassy staffer who describes the mad rush to evacuate Saigon in 1975--the voices, each ushered in by a short essay from Maurer, vary from journalists, medics, nurses, and CIA staffers to grunts, generals, advisors, and "fact-finders" who traveled to North Vietnam a la Jane Fonda. Only one--Dick Rutan, pilot of Voyager--is famous today; many are poor or scarred by the experience. The attitudes expressed range from guilt, regret, and anger to the rare pride; the cumulative impression is of chaos--of a violent political whirlwind. Although nearly all the accounts are involving, by far the most powerful are those of combat--from that of the freelance reporter recalling a napalm attack to that of the former Special Forces operative describing the gruesome torture of Viet Cong. It's all here, well edited and framed by Maurer: the combat horrors, the political maneuvering and corruption, the bar-sex and the drugs, the roots and trunk and rotten flowers of the War. An important addition to the literature: a powerful book.