Reviews

From an American soldier in Vietnam, tragedy and poetry

James G. Hershberg reviews the book "Michael O'Donnell and the Tragic Era of Vietnam" by Daniel H. Weiss (PublicAffairs, 2019; 202 pp.). Hershberg is a professor of history and international affairs at George Washington University and the author of "Marigold: The...

How Soldiers Brought a Halt to the U.S. War Machine

October 30, 2019

A Waging Peace in Vietnam book review by Roger Bybee originally appeared at The Progressive on October 29, 2019. Waging Peace in Vietnam: U.S. Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War (New Village...

The many flaws and failures of the United States in the Vietnam War

November 22, 2018

Photo: President Richard Nixon and adviser Henry Kissinger pursued too-costly strategies in Vietnam, says Max Hastings. (AP Photo/File) This article originally appeared at the washingtonpost.com. By...

The Lies of War (Films): Burns, Novick, and The Vietnam War

May 22, 2018

Photo: Napalm bombs being dropped in Vietnam. Credit: Public domain (Wikimedia Commons) This spot-on review essay by...

Lansdale’s Ghost

May 17, 2018

Photo caption: Edward Lansdale in 1963. Credit: WikiCommons This book review originally appeared in the May 2018 issue...

Emile de Antonio’s ‘In the Year of the Pig’

May 5, 2018

CAPTION: An American soldier in Vietnam, as seen in “In the Year of the Pig,” a 1969 documentary film directed by...

What Ken Burns Left Out of the Vietnam Story

April 25, 2018

This piece was originally published by the LA Progressive on April 18, 2018. By Gareth Porter The Vietnam War: An...

My Lai (a book review) PART ONE

March 16, 2018

This review originally appeared at thiscantbehappening.net. March 16, 2018, the 50th anniversary of the My Lai...

How We Got From Twinkies to Tofu

February 12, 2018

This article originally appeared at the nytimes.com. By MICHAEL POLLAN HIPPIE FOOD How Back-to-the-Landers,...

G.I.s ‘Without a Country,’ Protesting the Vietnam War

February 3, 2018

Image: The struggle for racial equality and the anti-Vietnam War movement are paralleled in David Loeb Weiss’s 1968...

New Book Tells the Story of the Catonsville Nine

December 13, 2017

David Eberhardt, For All the Saints: A Protest Primer. Fed Ex Press, 2017. 138 pages. Price $20. Contact the author...

Vietnam redux

September 13, 2017

This article originally appeared at MekongReview.com. By Ron Steinman. Our review of Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s The...

Review of Marc Levy’s Book HOW STEVIE NEARLY LOST THE WAR AND OTHER POST WAR STORIES

February 13, 2017

2017 Marc Levy Book Review By Doug Rawlings Marc Levy's collection of "postwar stories" entitled HOW STEVIE NEARLY...

America in Vietnam: the Enduring Myth of the Noble Cause

September 19, 2016

This article originally appeared at counterpunch.org Photo Credit: Joe Wojcik by DAN KOVALIK John Marciano’s new...

Vietnam and the Things We Must Never Forget by PAUL BUHLE

September 18, 2016

This article originally appeared at counterpunch.org It’s all around us and is destined to remain all around us: the...