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In the annals of America's Vietnam War period, Lieutenant Colonel William R. Corson, USMC should be recorded as a hero dedicated to achieving America's stated objectives of driving out the Communists and freeing that Asian country. Whether he is so recorded is another matter. He was, in the all-purpose in-group condemnation, "not a team player" — meaning that he saw America failing to achieve those objectives, understood the causes of her failure, and described those causes bluntly and publicly.

This book, The Betrayal, is a remarkable testament to the pervasiveness of the causes of America's failure in Viet Nam. It analyzes those causes in detail, with an insider's ability to give names and dates and a participant's ability to quote news accounts and official documents. It is not a balanced account. Lt. Col. Corson clearly feels outrage for the needless deaths of men under his command, frustration for the waste of effort and materiel, sympathy for the long-suffering peasants of Viet Nam and contempt for the various agencies and officials complicit in the war's failures. This comes through most clearly in Chapter 3, "Machiavellis in Khaki," and Chapter 11, "Birdwatching in Vietnam." But it is never far from the surface throughout the book. It is the contempt an honest man feels for those who are acting without honor.