Vietnam: The Necessary War: A Reinterpretation of America's Most Disastrous Military Conflict
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Rated 5 starsVietnam - The Necessary War
Book Review: Vietnam the Necessary War, by Michael Lind C-Span has run and rerun tapes of a live debate (with callers) between Michael Lind, author of Vietnam, the Necessary War and Tim O'Brien author of July, July. Lind, who is defending the purposes behind the war is no conservative war-hawk. He wrote a book about how he has rejected conservatism and adopted a center-left perspective in line with Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy,...
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Rated 5 starsAt last!
Lee Kuan Yew (the George Washington of Singapore and one of Asia's senior statesmen) has stated over and over again that America's involvement in Vietnam was a noble cause. So did Ronald Reagan. So does the author, and he documents why. Nice to see the truth told for a change. I spent a year there (June 1968 to June 1969) and agree 100% with the author's very persuasive history and logic.
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Rated 5 starsMost Balanced Book I've read on Vietnam Yet.
Michael Lind has created a much-needed counterbalance to the leftist media dribble we hear constantly about Vietnam. He shatters many myths of the left and right about the war. He also puts the war in a geopolitical context, claiming that if the United States had abandoned Indochina without a fight we would have lost the battle with the U.S.S.R. for world influence. This would have become especially critical in the early 1980's...
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Rated 5 starsThoughtfully Exploring the Vietnam War
Michael Lind has done an admirable and necessary job of taking on the myths of the Vietnam war that have been promulgated by a self-serving, highly biased media. He has exposed the myths for what they are, at best leftist apologies for Communist atrocities in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, and at worst the lies of avowed Marxists hoping for the overthrow of the United States. What makes this book even more appealing is that...
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Rated 5 starsGeopolitical Assessment of Vietnam
The author does an excellent job of reviewing the geopolitical importance of the Vietnam war and the various theories of geopolitical power that explain the conduct of nations. The book attacks the views of both liberals and conservatives on the reasons for military and political failure in Vietnam. While the reasons for failure and the possible solutions are subject to attack themselves, at least they pose a new way...
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