Did this book change your views on the Vietnam war?

[Ruba Abu Ali]

War stories are always emotional and especially the Vietnam war. This book just made me realize again that there are no winners in a war and that every war has two sides to it.

I can't agree more!

[VTEC lar it]

of course, it did! I have to admit I had this stereotypical perspective of soldiers in war. I always thought of soldiers in combat as some human extension of war machines! I can't believe how wrong I was. Soldier's ought to be treated with respect and honor because the horrors of war are heavy for a human soul to handle. At the end of the day, war has no winners. You have to survive and be the victor, because only the victors write the story. The losers are dead.

[roymutuma]

Absolutely, I always treated the topic of war with a sense of civilian distance. This book has enabled me empathize with the characters and the day to day realities of the battle field.

[djr6090]

What did I learn about the Vietnam War that I didn't know before? I was unaware that the Vietnamese had its own navy of junks. Also that the smuggling of arms and supplies was intercepted and curtailed by Navy action. Both US navy and the Junk Force.

[Tabby Njoki]

Absolutely! I have never been as keen as I am now on Veteran affairs! From the portrayal of the injustices committed in the name of VA to the honorable soldiers, I look in disgust at this revelation in current society.

This book is a must read

[ciecheesemeister]

It didn't change my opinion of the war. I thought that the war was ill-advised and resulted in unnecessary loss of life, and that opinion remains unchanged. What it did is educate me about a conflict about which I knew very few details despite being alive at the time it was taking place. I think that this book stands to educate the public about the Vietnam war, and that is a very positive thing.

[spencermack]

No, I dont think so. It can help me get a view of veterans life after the war.

[micoleon13]

I love reading military based books although generally focused on the world Wars, I have read some on the Vietnam War. There is always the reoccurring theme of the senselessness of it all, and we are always biased by what history tells us from our own country's or allies point of view, it's easy to forget that there are the oppositions views are sometimes as equally valid

[Brenda Creech]

The book didn't change my mind about the Viet Nam war. I was a teenager on into my early twenties during this war, and, as I've mentioned before, I had two uncles, a brother-in-law, and acquaintances who served in this nonsensical war. I lost a cousin from a brain tumor that was a direct result of her dad having been exposed to Agent Orange. I hated the war then, and I hate it now! It was so unnecessary for American troops to be involved in that conflict. And the cruel way they were treated when they returned home.

[Scerakor]

I wouldn't say that it changed my mind or my way of thinking about the war, but it gives more perspective. That is one of the things that I love about historical fiction. Whether it is a topic that you already know a lot about, or one that is completely new to you, you are almost always going to come away with a different (or at least interesting) point of view.

[Samy Lax]

There are multiple books on Vietnam War that I have read, but I never really had given it my all to understand what truly went on during that dreaded event. I really do believe that wars can be avoided if only both sides were a little more rational. Why put so many innocent lives at stake?

[Julius_]

Getting to know the conditions of war, their effects and how the victims strive to live, especially from the victims themselves, truly makes as less judgemental.

[Misael Carlos]

War is always a tragedy and heartbreaking on either side. No country ever wins in the truest sense of the word. It brings more conflict and trauma.

[Anthony__]

Yes, this changed my view about the Vietnam war. It gave more insight to what really happened. It also shows how our system has been broken.

[Adedayo+23]

I haven't read the book yet but I don't think people in this day and age can understand the 'why' behind any war, ever. Sure we understood how it started, what people hoped to gain by undertaking it, but the worth of it? No. It is unnecessary and outdated.

I couldn't agree more. If history has taught us anything about wars, it's that there are no true victors.