The Long Reckoning A Story Of War Peace And Redemption In Vietnam George Black by George Black 9780593534106, 0593534107 instant download after payment.

"Fifty years after the last U.S. service member left Vietnam, the scars of that war remain...This [is the] remarkable story of a group of individuals determined to heal those enduring wounds.”—Elliot Ackerman, author of The Fifth Act & 2034

The American war in Vietnam has left many long-lasting scars that have not yet been sufficiently examined. The worst of them were inflicted in a tiny area bounded by the demilitarized zone between North & South Vietnam & the Ho Chi Minh Trail in neighboring Laos. That small region saw the most intense aerial bombing campaign in history, the massive use of toxic chemicals, & the heaviest casualties on both sides.

In The Long Reckoning, George Black recounts the inspirational story of the small cast of characters—veterans, scientists, & Quaker-inspired pacifists, & their Vietnamese partners—who used their moral authority, scientific & political ingenuity, & sheer persistence to attempt to heal the horrors that were left in the wake of the military engagement in Southeast Asia. Their intersecting story is one of reconciliation & personal redemption, embedded in a vivid portrait of Vietnam today, with all its startling collisions between past & present, in which one-time mortal enemies, in the endless shape-shifting of geopolitics, have been transformed into close allies & partners.

The Long Reckoning is being published on the 50th anniversary of the day the last American combat soldier left Vietnam.

GEORGE BLACK is the author of seven previous books on subjects including India, China, & foreign policy. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, & many other publications. He lives in New York City.