VIETNAM: AN EPIC TRAGEDY 1945-1975

In an acclaimed retelling of the Vietnam tragedy, Max Hastings offers a balanced account of how and why the Vietnam War unfolded as it did, and a gripping description of what it was like to take part, based on the testimony of scores of participants - communist and anti-communist Vietnamese, Chinese railway engineers, Soviet missile crews, American soldiers, movie stars - whose experiences extended far beyond the battlefields.