Vietnam: An Epic History of a Tragic War
Vietnam: An Epic History of a Tragic War

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Vietnam: An Epic History of a Tragic War

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

‘His masterpiece’ Antony Beevor, Spectator

‘A masterful performance’ Sunday Times

‘By far the best book on the Vietnam War’ Gerald Degroot, The Times, Book of the Year

Vietnam became the Western world’s most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on both sides, as well as researching a multitude of American and Vietnamese documents and memoirs, to create an epic narrative of an epic struggle. He portrays the set pieces of Dienbienphu, the Tet offensive, the air blitz of North Vietnam, and less familiar battles such as the bloodbath at Daido, where a US Marine battalion was almost wiped out, together with extraordinary recollections of Ho Chi Minh’s warriors. Here are the vivid realities of strife amid jungle and paddies that killed 2 million people.

Many writers treat the war as a US tragedy, yet Hastings sees it as overwhelmingly that of the Vietnamese people, of whom forty died for every American. US blunders and atrocities were matched by those committed by their enemies. While all the world has seen the image of a screaming, naked girl seared by napalm, it forgets countless eviscerations, beheadings and murders carried out by the communists. The people of both former Vietnams paid a bitter price for the Northerners’ victory in privation and oppression. Here is testimony from Vietcong guerrillas, Southern paratroopers, Saigon bargirls and Hanoi students alongside that of infantrymen from South Dakota, Marines from North Carolina, Huey pilots from Arkansas.

No past volume has blended a political and military narrative of the entire conflict with heart-stopping personal experiences, in the fashion that Max Hastings’ readers know so well. The author suggests that neither side deserved to win this struggle with so many lessons for the 21st century about the misuse of military might to confront intractable political and cultural challenges. He marshals testimony from warlords and peasants, statesmen and soldiers, to create an extraordinary record.

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• This will be Max Hasting’s biggest, grandest history book to date.

• Over three years, Max conducted interviews to cover the Vietnamese experience in more detail than ever before. His presence on the ground during the war informs his writing, although this book is one of reportage that takes into consideration the perspectives of the Vietnamese (including Northern Vietnamese) . Rather than the US-heavy POV, Hastings creates an inclusive report. This is a totally original angle.

• There is huge interest in this topic that so few people know about: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick recently did a programme covering the Vietnam War for PBS, which was partially broadcast on BBC. The programme averaged 6.7M viewers For PBS, and reached 34M In Live+7. The docu’s premiere was the best performing PBS episode since the‘Downton Abbey’ series finale.

Competition: a bright shining lie the definitive history, told from all sides, Embers of War, vietnam a history. Fredrik Logevall mark lawrence neil sheehan christian g. appy stanley karnow christopher goscha

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