America and Vietnam: The Elephant and the Tiger

by Albert Marrin

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Examines the political history, military events, social impact, and long-term effects of the Vietnam War.

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Schmerguls 5,855 reviews

5695. America and Vietnam The Elephant and the Tiger, by Albert Marrin (read 13 Jun 2020) This book was published in 1992, so it has a certain distance from the war and is given to make judgments with some of which I am not sure I agree. I lived through the whole war but found the book eye-opening at times. It is a sad event and many mistakes were made. Now, it is clear we should never have gone to Vietnam but at the time it seemed we did right. This is a sobering book, but I found it unfailingly absorbing reading.

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