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Voices And Visions: A Journey Through Vietnam Today

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The book is only fair....
As a vet and a four time visitor to Vietnam, I experienced some of the relationships the author did in Vietnam. I find resentment in her opinions of the US. participation in the war. She seems so naive at times about the war and the people involved. She should have been at Jane Fonda's side in Hanoi.
On the other hand, her perceptions of the southern Vietnamese still hold true today. They hold no resentments, are fun loving and hard working people.Some my friends here in Washington State were "boat people" or refugees from "re-education" camps. This phenomenon was glossed over by the author.

I came across this book by chance in my library and decided to read it with no expectations. I am so lucky that I did!!! This book is an absolute gem. The book is filled with human stories about post war vietnam, how people have coped with most difficult situtations arising out of war and occupation. The stories are very poignant and leave you with a sense of what human spirit is capable of...now go and read it!!!

As one of the many who spent a year in Vietnam wearing olive drab in the late sixties, I've always been intrigued with the land and the people. Most of the combat yarns are not about the sense of place I remember. Ms. Visser writes a wonderful book that captures the essence of Vietnam, especially the differences between the button-downed North and free-wheeling South. She doesn't have an ax to grind about the origins and blame of the war but is nonetheless intrigued with what it all meant to the Vietnamese. Good book.