MAURER : Strange ground (fülszöveg)
Here at last is the complete Vietnam story, an oral history tracing the evolution of American involvement from the last days of World War II, when Americans parachuted in to fight with Ho Chi Minh against the Japanese, to the fall of Saigon three decades later, after we had achieved "peace with honor."
These are the vivid, spontaneous recollections of a vastly divergent group of Americans who lived and worked in Vietnam, in peace and in war – soldiers, secretaries, diplomats, clerks, medics, missionaries, reporters, doctors and nurses, generals, housewives, relief workers, spies. Their stories are raw, honest, and eye-opening, giving us an unprecedented look at the most divisive issue of our time. Some of them are bitter about their country's aggression, others about their country's defeat. Some feel they are better people for the experience, or simply did a job that is now over. Some frankly had a good time. Taken all together, these unique voices and unique experiences illuminate the strange ground that was Vietnam: a country so seemingly adapt able to American hopes and schemes, yet so utterly foreign in language, culture, and custom that only a few could ever hope to bridge the gap.
With the nation only recently emerged from a decade of willed amnesia about Vietnam, there is much talk about healing the wounds. But the real struggle is to heal the wounds without glossing them over. To do that you must listen. Listen to the voices. Strange Ground is a profoundly important work: fascinating, provocative, heartbreaking, and unforgettable.
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