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"War Stories": False Atrocity Tales, Swift Boaters, and Winter Soldiers—What Really Happened in Vietnam Hardcover – October 1, 2009

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  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Potomac Books; 1 edition (October 1, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1597973041
  • ISBN-13: 978-1597973045
  • Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 1.2 x 9.2 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars10 stars
By D. C. Carrad on November 19, 2009
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Ever since my own tour of duty in Vietnam (1968-69) I have read everything published about the war in an effort to understand better what happened to me and millions of others. This book is one of the best ever written on the subject. It is thoroughly researched, even-handed and dedicated to factual accuracy. It clearly has taken the author 40 years to research and write and the care and meticulous attention to detail show on every page. He covers both the facts of the war and also how the war and Vietnam veterans were treated in the popular culture in the aftermath of the 1960's. There has been more b.s. written about the war and those of us who served there that on the next dozen topics combined and the author does an excellent job of digging down to the truth, which will surprise many people who have studied Vietnam only superficially. His critique of Lynda Van Devanter's "Home Before Morning" is particularly devastating, in many cases showing that what she wrote was physically impossible! I do not agree with everything in this book - I think the author gives John Kerry and Jane Fonda too many passes and is too hard on the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and B. J. Burkett, for example - but I don't judge books by whether they agree with my views 100%. The author was a conscientious objector, follower of the Berrigans, etc. who went on to serve as a medic so paid his dues. It is clear that, like me, he has spent the decades since his service studying the war, the reaction to the war in America, the treatment of veterans and other related issues in an effort to understand these important matters. He succeeds brilliantly. The book is also well-written and a pleasure to read.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn objective look at Vietnam war stories
By Bill on March 3, 2012
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Unlike some of the other reviewers, after many years of reading about and discussing the Vietnam War, I stopped because it seemed most people had hardened theirs views in such a way that rational discussion was not possible. The views were often hardened around the common stereotypes seen in the movies, tv shows, books, and the press. It seemed from watching these shows that most veterans were traumatized by their war experiences and became homicidal, suicidal, or drug addicted while most anti-war activist were LSD crazed cowardly communist hippies. It also seemed that if you did not completely buy into the favorite stereotypes of one "side" you were seen as supporting the "other side".
Frankly, the only reason I read Gary Kulik's book was that I knew him in college and was curious about what he would write. But now, I only wish that I had read it sooner. His book does an excellent job of looking at popular "war stories" that have come out of Vietnam and dissecting them exposing their truths and untruths. In story after story he shows that some individuals (both pro and con Vietnam) would consciously or unconsciously develop a personal "war story" that fit a popular, politically correct, or marketable narrative. Kulik's chapter on the investigation of an incident in Quang Tri is reminiscent of the movie Roshomon. Everyone involved in the incident seems to have their own "truth" and it is hard to determine where the real truth lies. I applaud Kulik's ability to stay focused on the truth of each story and not be deflected by his own stance on Vietnam.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsA really nice monograph
By Hugo Johnson on December 12, 2014
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Kulik writes an engaging account of tales of atrocities and misconduct in Vietnam; anyone concerned with debates about truth coming out of that war should check out this book. Kulik demonstrates convincingly that quite a few people who have claimed to have participated in or witnessed terrible atrocities are exaggerating or lying. He observes the irony of Vietnam--every war has had atrocities, but in most wars people try to flee responsibility for them. In Vietnam, people have confessed to atrocities that never happened, or that they did not commit. Why?

His goal is not, however, to deny that real tragedies took place nor to insist that every Vietnam vet with an ugly story to tell is a liar. He is after the truth, whatever that may be. He documents that Guenter Lewy, for instance, either made up his claim that the Winter Soldier witnesses were not actually veterans, or was taken in by a bogus Navy investigation (an investigation which either never existed or has since been lost). Were some of the witnesses at Winter Soldier exaggerators or liars? Yes, but most of them were, in fact, veterans, and some probably were telling the truth, albeit not those with stories that sounded too outrageous to be true. He also investigates the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth movement and denounces it as an ugly, politically motivated, hatchet job.

Finally, Kulik deals with exaggerated claims of mistreatment of Vietnam veterans. Here too we get a nice clearing of the air. No, most veterans were not spit upon. Although Kulik cannot say with certainty that it never happened, he shows how many of the claims of it are clearly false. He does believe that PTSD was significantly overplayed, although I found him a little over the top here.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Fair Look at a Controversial Topic

Open minded look at a topic that is most often approached from a pre-determined, negative point of view. Read more

Published 2 months ago by Kathy T
1.0 out of 5 starsA Work of Fiction

Just a piece of fiction or at best revisionist history.I would not waste my time reading such garbage

Published 7 months ago by Thomas Pearman
4.0 out of 5 starsWorth the read. The author challenges many, many ...

Worth the read. The author challenges many, many notions about the war in Vietnam. Fact vs fallacy is again and again disputed in this well researched book. Read more

Published 16 months ago by Poe
5.0 out of 5 starsVietnam Vet found the book excellent

I was in Vietnam '68 - '69 (8 months, medivac'd due to wounds 12 May 69).
When I bought this book I was kicking myself as I left the book store. Read more

Published on February 28, 2014 by philip s. watson
1.0 out of 5 starsA hard read

Author seems to me just trying to impress everyone with his vocabulary instead of telling the story. A boring and hard read to understand what he is trying to say.

Published on June 20, 2013 by Michael Foster
2.0 out of 5 starsBad, read for me

About the most opionated book on Vietnam I've read.. I was there 67-68, medic with the 101st and did not leave with this guys issues. Sorry, that's just me.i

Published on June 20, 2013 by Low Crawl
5.0 out of 5 starsFinally - Enough time has passed to take an honest look

I found this book a reasoned effort to develop an honest counterweight to the lies and hyperbole that was one of the byproducts of the Vietnam Era. Read more

Published on March 25, 2013 by Kyle Peterson
4.0 out of 5 starsA good one

Kulik writes brilliantly, and he's a solid historian. It's an incisive look at a form of group-think, and the way truth gets manipulated. Read more

Published on December 23, 2012 by Ronald Becker
1.0 out of 5 stars'War Stories' whitewash reality.

' Another 'Winter Soldier'. Don't waste your money on this revisionist 'his' tory. The sad part is Kulik actually believes this crap.

Published on December 20, 2012 by Joe Bangert
5.0 out of 5 starsShatters the Myths of the Vietnam War

Gary Kulik's "War Stories," successfully peels back the layers of myth that have long distorted the history of the Vietnam War, and in doing so, his book shatters several claims of... Read more

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