Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam, (Paperback)

from ibkennedy

A little slow to get through because of the enormous level of detail.

from douboy50

Very interesting book on our road to war in Viet Nam. 20-20 has perfect vision. However, this book presents info that was available to our government at the time. It was evident this was the wrong war, in the wrong place, at the wrong time.

from Luftwaffe_Flak

An excellent study of how the US came to be in Vietnam, starting from the beginning. At times a little dry to read, but overall an good but sad book on the mistakes our country made that lead us to our Vietnam War.

from crsini

*i received this book through a Goodreads giveaway. Thanks to those that made it happen!* It's hard to gripe about things received for free. Unfortunately, i have to preface this review with a gripe. At some point around page 150 in my reading, clusters of pages began to fall out. These clusters...

from rivkat

The long, slow fall of the French and the rise of the Vietnamese Communists. Tragic decisions—trying to run out the clock, trying to assuage national pride, trying so defeat wouldn't have to be admitted—make things worse at almost every turn.