The Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu commenced in mid-March and concluded in early May of 1954. Ultimately, out of the 16,000 French troops who found themselves besieged at Dien Bien…
Napalm in the Vietnam War
My father told me that he once raced the family car, with my siblings and me to the beach at Vung Tau while the American military laid down some napalm…
Fire in the Lake by Frances Fitzgerald book review
Originally published in 1972. It won won the Pulitzer Prize, the Bancroft Prize, and the National Book Award. I first read this book in my early twenties, and I continue…
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Son of War
Son of War, by Donavon L Riley In the wake of his second deployment, I emerged into a world cast in shades of turmoil and uncertainty. My father, a Vietnam…
Book Review – Dutch, From Rising Sun to the Rise of Jihad
In 1989, I showed up at the CIA’s training facility colloquially known as The Farm, and was introduced to man only known to us as Dutch. As we went through…