Even though I read the Finnish translation of Dowdy's book, I am quite sure the English original can't be any worse... and this book is a really good account of how the zeal for Christ of a handful of people in the 1940-60s turned into a harvest of thousands...

The book is also very well put together... it is like a best selling thriller, with the added benefit that it is true and many people received Christ...

I had reviewed two of Dr. Pao's books about the Overseas Chinese experience in South Vietnam. He is an Overseas Chinese himself, I believe he understood very well how the Overseas Chinese gone through under various political agendas, between communist politics as well as non-communist politics. I am greatful that he has been a few author who has continue referred us as the Overseas Chinese. The Overseas Chinese have been visible diminishing due to host countries had been naturalized us with a new identity, therefore, it is hard to do research on the Overseas Chinese who are continueing existing world wide. Overseas Chinese have complexity history background, it is worth-wise to investigate this population.

This book reads like a novel. Not only is it about Captain Coffe as a POW but as a son, husband, father and a friend. His courage, faith and humor leave one feeling that they too can have all of these principles, no matter who you are or where you've come from. That there's nothing that life throws at us that we can't overcome and prevail. You walk away feeling as if you know Capt. Coffee and would be honored if he was your friend. An experience not to miss - highly recommended for any age group.

How could LBJ forget the blunders of a limited war established by the mistakes of Harry Truman in Korea in less than 12 years? The author outlines all of the questions that cannot be easily answered. How do you end a war once it started? How do you justify the costs in blood and money? And How do you define victory? The writer seems to say, Limited War is like Marriage, easy to get into and hard to exit. The book will enlighten every reader and all American politician responsible for foreign policy should read it. A Superb book for students, professors and men and women in power so it won't happen again.

Peter Braestup's book on the reporting of the Tet Offensive is a critically important book to read for those trying to understand the effect of reporters' all-too-human bias on what information the average citizen has available to him or her, as well as for those looking to find out not only what went wrong in Vietnam, but what the United States and its allies (including South Vietnam) did right - an aspect still all too overlooked.
Though it is critical of some particular newspeople, as well as some politicians and military spokemen of the Vietnam era, the book is highly constructive in tone. Many of the lessons pointed out by Braestrup two decades ago have clearly been taken by the media, judging by the general improvement in war reporting during the current (as of fall, 2001) events in Afghanistan.
It is also a must read for those who question the abilities of democratic states to defend what they believe in.Braestrup lays bare the notions of the time that the allied forces - from ARVN to the U.S. Marines, were not effective, or that they were a corrupt force for undesirable ends.
An added bonus is that Braestrup is a gifted writer; his prose is readable and engaging, and his research is thorough and well documented. This book deserves to be brought out in a new edition (though I did buy mine through the Amazon's used book marketplace, and received excellent service there).

This book takes you to the cockpit of a C-130A flying Blind Bat flare missions. I thought I knew everything there was to know about Blind Bat, but this book proved me wrong. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. If I had to make any complaint I wish it was much longer.

The Battle of Ap Gu took place on 31 March through 1 April 1967. It was the largest, most decisive battle fought by the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry (Blue Spaders) of the 1st Infantry Division (Big Red One) during their five-year tour of duty in Vietnam.
While outnumbered almost ten-to-one by the NVA and local VC near their safe haven of Cambodia, the Blue Spaders left the battle field strewn with over 600 enemy bodies when the fighting stopped.
This account traces the action on a daily basis using comments by soldiers who were there, including the Battalion Commander, LTC Alexander Haig (later, General and Secretary of State) and other Blue Spaders.
For their actions, the Blue Spaders were awarded the Valorous Unit Award by the Secretary of the Army.

This book was incredible!!! It's been so long since any war book has captured the essence of battle so vividly and with such detail and accountability. This isa book everyone needs to read if there is ever a hope of any long lasting peaceworldwide.

The Broken Sword is wonderfully written prose about a warrior, the horrors of his war, and the scars it leaves, both on the veteran and his family. And, most importantly, it is about the victory over those scars that is possible if one's heart is open and in the right place.

CWO Westbrook's wordsmithing is masterful. Direct, with embleshment only where appropriate, and above all, honest. He bears his soul, faults and all, for the reader to take something very special with her or him after finishing the story. I read this book in one sitting, and found myself laughing at times, crying at others, and ultimately, having a better understanding and respect for my own father, who is also a Vietnam Veteran. I insisted that he (my father) read it as well. When he finished, he cried for the first time I can remember. And he finally believed that he was not alone, and that others could understand how he left Vietnam, but never fully came home 30 years ago. This book has brought a closeness like never before between a father and his child,

Being a Veteran myself, though of more receint times, I could relate on a limited level to many of the depictions of life in a combat zone. The descriptions are full of life, and grab you, forcing the reader to live the moments of terror, and joy, and saddness, and anger.

The Broken Sword is a testament for all those who did not die in Vietman, but gave their lives nonetheless. A must read for anyone who wants to understand, and for any Veteran who feel that no one can.

Whew! What a remarkable story. From the first page my brain was captured by this different look at the many unsettling events before, during and following the war in Viet Nam. Somehow, though I have traveled to Hong Kong, China, and Viet Nam, I have never encountered this immigrant perspective from my business colleagues, nor have any of my many Asian friends ever revealed such thoughts and beliefs. I simply gobbled up page after page, rushing to learn more. Quite simply, I loved the direct language, the fast-paced story, and especially, the secret thoughts and feelings taken from the private journal of this Chinese woman. I could feel her joy and her pain. She gets totally torn apart by love, war crimes, duty, husband brutality, Buddhist thinking, family, and the problems of survival and caring for her children. Fascinating. The ending was a particularly enlightening and pleasing surprise. This is a thumbs-up, engaging and exciting saga with more than a few surprises.