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The Human Tradition in the Vietnam Era (The Human Tradition in America)

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This book was of special interest to me because I was a young man and got drafted in 1965. After basic training I lucked out and was shipped to France where I was in transportation traveling across Europe and later ended up in England. The other 50% of my graduating class in Fort Leonard Wood, MO got Vietnam. I remember the strong feelings both for and against the Vietnam War within the Army and mostly in civilian life. I remember the stone cold reception I got after my discharge! This book helped me to understand contributing factors and the influential people that got our country into that nightmare. We all lost very good friends and relatives over there! Unfortunately the influential people in our government and their controllers don't seem to learn by their grave mistakes! "War is never the answer - the price to the innocent is always the greater than to those who initiate it!"

A dozen biographies of those opposed to or affected by Vietnam serve as the foundation for revealing how individuals were influenced by events of the times. Human Tradition in the Vietnam Era goes beyond most Vietnam books to provide a cross-section of opinions and experiences documenting the lasting effects of the war.