War Comes to Long An, Updated and Expanded - by Jeffrey Race (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

This landmark study of the Vietnamese conflict, examined through the lens of the revolutionary and counter-revolutionary movements in the rural province of Long An up until American intervention in the area, offers a human, balanced, penetrating account of war. Two new forewords by Robert K. Brigham of Vassar College and Jeffrey Record of the Air War College explore the book's enduring influence. A new end chapter offers previously unpublished scholarship on the conflict.

Review Quotes

"I've gotten more out of re-reading War Comes to Long An . . . than just about anything other than Robert Warburton's classic memoir, Eighteen Years in the Khyber, 1879-98 (1900)."-- "The American Interest" (7/1/2009 12:00:00 AM)

"The work's success in bringing clarity to its analysis of that attack owes much to its long neglected social science, to Jeffrey Race."-- "New Mandala; Thailand-Laos-Cambodia Group" (4/30/2011 12:00:00 AM)

"Timeless."-- "Asia Times" (10/23/2010 12:00:00 AM)

About the Author

Jeffrey Race, living in Asia since 1965, is a retired American military officer, a consultant to private firms and public bodies, and volunteer with many international charities.