Vietnam: The Making of an Epic American Disaster
A Vietnam classic! From the first incursion of the French in Indochina during the 1800's to the final mortar rounds at the famous Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954, Neil Sheehan weaves the tragic history of America's involvement in Vietnam. In "A Bright Shining Lie", Sheehan describes how the French built its empire in the Far East in the 1800's and then lost it to the Japanese in the 1940's. Along the way, he introduces the great Ho Chi Mihn and those who, played such a massive part in the vast, tragic deception that took place. All Ho Chi Minh wanted for Vietnam from the beginning was simple independence.
Top Recommendation for November
A Bright Shining Lie, by Neil Sheehan (1989 - 986 pp)
Pulitzer Prize winning historical fiction about patriotic U.S. Lt Col John Paul Vann in 1962 Vietnam and the tragedy that destroyed the country, the lives of countless Americans and thousands of Vietnamese.