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Summary: i was thier
Review: i was thier, good book must read,histroy of my friends and i please don't forget them
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Summary: i write the review with tears in my eyes
Review: The book is for me a followup on a long term interest. I was active in the anti-war movement in highschool and was in the US Army when the war ended in 1975. My uncle fought there for 3 years and i remember well his envelopes with the 'free' in the postage field.My father and i fought bitterly over the war and never mentioned it after i left home. But my memories can be only a dim shadow of those who were there, and it is to those to whom this book is addressed.
It doesn't glorify war. Yet i come away from reading it with the firm conviction i felt when reading the _Pentagon Papers_ that the US had supported the wrong side in a civil war. The heroism of the tunnel dwellers is obvious from the facts. The book is organized by topic: women, doctors, American tunnel rats etc. It is not meant to be a complete story but a narrative to tell a story with a moral. The very ground sheltered the VietNamese in their war against: the Japanese, the French and lastly the Americans. It is not an earthshaking must read like _Hell in a very small place_ nor as complete as Stanley Karnow _Vietnam_
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/030681157X/qid=1073331090//ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i0_xgl14/104-0425477-9047158?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140265473/qid=1073331738/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/104-0425477-9047158?v=glance&s=books two of the more important books i've seen on VietNam.
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