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ISBN-10: 0613180976
ISBN-13: 978-0613180979

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5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful, December 3, 2001

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This review is from: Dear America: Letters from Vietnam (Paperback)

This book consists of letters written by American soldiers during the Vietnam War. It's extremely heart-breaking to read these letters as they gives "voices" instead of a mere figure. A lot of times, the figure of how many were killed, wounded, missing, etc but it does not portray any "emotions" the soldiers felt. At the end of each letter, the editor includes a few sentences on what happened to the author. It's extremely sad to read how many of those killed were just 19 year-olds, 20 year-olds, and these soldiers were just kids! It makes you think how wasteful, stupid, unnecessary wars are, and the sacrifices that has to be made.

The last chapter of this book speaks a lot. It is chronologically listed and you can see the evolving sentiments of the soldiers. At the beginning of the war, the soldiers were proud to fight against the Communists, how they think the war will be over soon. Towards the end of that chapter, most soldiers were scared, depressed and just wanted to get out of the war... alive! This shows why many Vietnam War veterans suffered from postwar depression as the horror of the war, how their friends, buddies were killed or wounded in front of their own eyes and how many could not possibly forget these horrifying images.

I highly recommend this book as this book speaks a lot. To me, the important message that it is trying to convey is the unnecessary sacrifices that these soldiers have to make, to fight a war that is not theirs, and the horror and bloodiness of the war is vividly described by these soldiers.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Powerfully emotional, March 18, 1999

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This review is from: Dear America: Letters from Vietnam (Paperback)

I still remember the day I walked into my college's library back in the late 1980s and saw this publication sitting on the table of new releases. I picked it up and headed for a couch. About six hours, many tears, mixed emotions, and several missed classes later I emerged from that couch and put the completed book back on the table. In those six hours my view about the Vietnam experience and those who fought it changed. The words of those soldiers in their letters are powerful evidence of the collision between innocence and experience that takes place when young men are thrust into battle.

This book should be required reading for all students of that war and required reading for every President who ever contemplates sending soldiers into battle.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST READ FOR ALL AGES, September 11, 1998

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Of all the books I have read none have touched me this much. It is powerful because it is real. These are real stories, real feelings, real lives. This book will keep you up all night just thinking.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This book gives pause to reflect on our soldiers committment to the USA.
This book is honoring the U.S. soldiers that served in Vietnam. Being a Vietnam vet, I was still in awe at the sacrifice of our guys. Read more

Published 1 month ago by Big D

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book this avid reader has ever picked up
It is hard to describe the impact and power of this book. The best way I can put it is this; the book will transport you to the Vietnam war better than any book I've read or movie... Read more

Published 13 months ago by Blue Adams

4.0 out of 5 stars A Riveting Stand-Alone Book....
Although this book is often spoken about in tandem with the HBO Documentary in which famous actors read aloud actual letters sent home from soldiers in Vietnam, don't feel as if... Read more

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love this book broke down many times on some of the letters great book!!

Published on June 7, 2007 by David D. Sheppard

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This marvelous little book offers a parallel and human voice to the more academic books about Vietnam. Read more

Published on April 24, 2007 by Donald Negri

5.0 out of 5 stars First hand account of the Vietnam War
After the amazing documentary about Vietnam that solely exists of actor voice overs of funny, goofy, anxious and heartbreaking letters home from soldiers at the battlefront in... Read more

Published on October 26, 2005 by H. A. M. Geerts

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This is a wonderful book for anyone who wants to see the Vietnam war from the eyes of those who were there. Read more

Published on July 21, 2005 by S. Peavy

5.0 out of 5 stars Heartfelt story of men at war
This book captivated me so that i could not put it down, untill i had finished. It touches your heart and soul. Wonderful read!! Please put it on DVD!!! Thank you :-)

Published on August 19, 2004 by A. G. Taylor

5.0 out of 5 stars I thought it was a very moving book/movie!!!
I have seen the movie in class last week and my teacher was in the war, but only as an engineer controller down in a ship. Read more

Published on April 27, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Heart gripping, personal and emotional letters home from war
This book is one of the hardest books I have ever had to read. To know some of these men would never return home and to read emotional letters home to their girlfriends, parents... Read more

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We came 10,000 miles, almost 3 million of us, to fight America's longest war. Read the first page

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New York, Chu Lai, Marine Division, Infantry Division, Khe Sanh, South Vietnam, Long Binh, Airborne Division, Light Infantry Brigade, Cavalry Division, United States, Americal Division, Bien Hoa, Air Force, Phu Bai, New Jersey, Purple Heart, Christmas Eve, Ist Battalion, Larry Burrows, Mekong Delta, Tan Son Nhut, Engineer Brigade, Lai Khe, Marine Corps

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Americal Division by Turner Publishing on 8 pages
Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam by Bernard Edelman in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Vietnam Veterans of America by Turner Publishing on page 60, and Back Matter
Free Fire Zone by Rob Riggan on page 115, and page 217
A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo on page 103

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Women at War: The Story of Fifty Military Nurses Who Served in Vietnam (Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving) by Elizabeth Norman in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
The Vietnam Experience: A Concise Encyclopedia of American Literature, Songs, and Films by Kevin Hillstrom on page 97, and page 101
After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam by Ronald H. Spector in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
The Vietnam War (Chronicle of America's Wars) by Debbie Levy in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
The Vietnam War, Grades 7-12 a Historical Reader: Nextext Historical Reader by Holt Mcdougal on page 108, and Back Matter

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