Letters from Vietnam

Rating:
Summary: More engrossing than I expected
Review: I started reading this because because I wanted a book that I could put down - as opposed to something that would keep me reading half the night to find out how things would end. But I became thoroughly engrossed in this book, and couldn't put it down after all.

My only complaint about the book is its organization. It is organized according to whether the letter writer is writing home about combat, daily life, etc. Many of the letters span more than one of these categories. Also, I found myself wondering whether the different viewpoints expressed were indicative of different phases or the war, or just the feelings of different people. I think I would have preferred a chronological ordering of the letters for this reason. Especially since it was this breadth of viewpoints that I found most intriguing in the book - particularly the different ways the Vietnamese people and army were portrayed in different letters.