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In clear and penetrating prose, Brigham gives us the story beyond the battlefield, taking us to bases and barracks, hospitals and training centers. A fascinating, deeply instructive, and pathbreaking book. --<b>Fredrik Logevall</b>, author of <i>The Origins of the Vietnam War</i> A vivid and sympathetic account of the ARVN enlisted men. . . . An absolutely important book for those who want to understand why the American war efforts in Vietnam failed. --<b>Ngo Vinh Long</b>, coeditor of <i>Coming to Terms: Indochina, the United States, and the War</i> Comprehensive, insightful, and felicitously written. The best book I've read on the ARVN. --<b>Jeffrey Kimball</b>, author of <i>Nixon's Vietnam War and The Vietnam War Files</i>

Brigham s interviews vividly capture the feelings, aspirations, and fears of foot soldiers as they prepared for battle and coped with imminent defeat. The Historian Brigham exposes . . . accepted wisdom [about the Army of the Republic of Vietnam] to the harsh glow of scholarly analysis. In a wide-ranging study enriched by hundreds of interviews with South Vietnamese soldiers and their families, he examines the training, the leadership, and the morale of the South Vietnamese armed forces, as well as the social environment in which they operated during two decades of intense internal conflict. In the process, he concludes that while there was undoubtedly more than a grain of truth in ARVN s public image, there were a number of extenuating circumstances that must be taken into account before rendering a final judgment about its performance during the Vietnam War. American Historical Review A major contribution to our understanding of the Republic of Vietnam and its armed forces, of the reasons for U.S. failure in Vietnam, and, more important, of the human impact of that failure. International History Review As we struggle to help create a new army in Iraq today, we can find in Brigham s narrative a host of insights and lessons that could have direct application in Southwest Asia. I recommend it unreservedly to today's armor officer of any grade. . . . This book serves as a great case study in how not to build an army, an extremely valuable lesson for today. Armor In clear and penetrating prose, Brigham gives us the story beyond the battlefield, taking us to bases and barracks, hospitals and training centers. A fascinating, deeply instructive, and pathbreaking book. Fredrik Logevall, author of The Origins of the Vietnam War A vivid and sympathetic account of the ARVN enlisted men. . . . An absolutely important book for those who want to understand why the American war efforts in Vietnam failed. Ngo Vinh Long, coeditor of Coming to Terms: Indochina, the United States, and the War Comprehensive, insightful, and felicitously written. The best book I ve read on the ARVN. Jeffrey Kimball, author of Nixon s Vietnam War and The Vietnam War Files

In clear and penetrating prose, Brigham gives us the story beyond the battlefield, taking us to bases and barracks, hospitals and training centers. A fascinating, deeply instructive, and pathbreaking book.

In clear and penetrating prose, Brigham gives us the story beyond the battlefield, taking us to bases and barracks, hospitals and training centers. A fascinating, deeply instructive, and pathbreaking book. Fredrik Logevall, author of The Origins of the Vietnam War A vivid and sympathetic account of the ARVN enlisted men. . . . An absolutely important book for those who want to understand why the American war efforts in Vietnam failed. Ngo Vinh Long, coeditor of Coming to Terms: Indochina, the United States, and the War Comprehensive, insightful, and felicitously written. The best book I ve read on the ARVN. Jeffrey Kimball, author of Nixon s Vietnam War and The Vietnam War Files Brigham s interviews vividly capture the feelings, aspirations, and fears of foot soldiers as they prepared for battle and coped with imminent defeat. The Historian Brigham exposes . . . accepted wisdom [about the Army of the Republic of Vietnam] to the harsh glow of scholarly analysis. In a wide-ranging study enriched by hundreds of interviews with South Vietnamese soldiers and their families, he examines the training, the leadership, and the morale of the South Vietnamese armed forces, as well as the social environment in which they operated during two decades of intense internal conflict. In the process, he concludes that while there was undoubtedly more than a grain of truth in ARVN s public image, there were a number of extenuating circumstances that must be taken into account before rendering a final judgment about its performance during the Vietnam War. American Historical Review A major contribution to our understanding of the Republic of Vietnam and its armed forces, of the reasons for U.S. failure in Vietnam, and, more important, of the human impact of that failure. International History Review As we struggle to help create a new army in Iraq today, we can find in Brigham s narrative a host of insights and lessons that could have direct application in Southwest Asia. I recommend it unreservedly to today's armor officer of any grade. . . . This book serves as a great case study in how not to build an army, an extremely valuable lesson for today. Armor

-In clear and penetrating prose, Brigham gives us the story beyond the battlefield, taking us to bases and barracks, hospitals and training centers. A fascinating, deeply instructive, and pathbreaking book.---Fredrik Logevall, author of The Origins of the Vietnam War -A vivid and sympathetic account of the ARVN enlisted men. . . . An absolutely important book for those who want to understand why the American war efforts in Vietnam failed.---Ngo Vinh Long, coeditor of Coming to Terms: Indochina, the United States, and the War -Comprehensive, insightful, and felicitously written. The best book I've read on the ARVN.---Jeffrey Kimball, author of Nixon's Vietnam War and The Vietnam War Files

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Robert K. Brigham is Shirley Ecker Boskey Professor of History and International Relations at Vassar College and author of Guerilla Diplomacy: The NLF's Foreign Relations and the Vietnam War and, with Robert S. McNamara and James G. Blight, Argument without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy.

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