Category: History: Military History: Vietnam

Copyright/published Year: 2000 by Da Capo Press

ISBN: 0306809265

Binding: trade pap

Description: Jonathan Schell's extraordinary on-the-scene writing about ì Vietnam has stood the test of time in our continuing attempt to ì understand how and why the United States went to war--and how and ì why it lost. In "The Village of Ben Suc" written "with skill that ì many a veteran reporter will envy" (New York Times), Schell ì recounts how American forces destroyed a village caught up in the ì largest American military operation of the war--he flies into Ben ì Suc in the attack helicopters, follows the assault on the ì village, and describes the fate of the villages after they have ì been taken to refugee camps.

In "Military Half," Schell describes the destruction of two ì entire provinces in South Vietnam by American bombing and ground ì operations--he flies in the air-control planes that guide the ì bombing and provides firsthand accounts of the runs and their ì results. In "Real War," Schell offers a personal look back at the ì war he reported decades before. The Real War is without equal in ì re-creating the sights, the sounds, and the feel of Vietnam.

Condition Information

This is a used book and is in Good condition.

Additional condition description

Lightly used. Sound binding.