Somnipherous

I missed a lot of this book as it put me to sleep nearly every time. I found it tedious and full of administrative detail.
The reading is monotonous and without much emotion, sounding rather robotic.
I cannot recommend this book.

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Wish I could give more stars but.,.

For someone interested in the war in Viet Nam this book is full of information that I’d not heard. It is an in-depth after action report of an entire career in the war.
Unfortunately, it is also narrated to sound like an after action report. Dry, monotone and to the point. Could have been much improved with even a little hit of added drama through the narrator.

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Less fact more storyline

Too much like a bullet point documentary not enough story line for your average war enthusiastic reader far more intricacies then story line

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The True Story

This book opened my eyes to why we failed to win the Vietnam War. Ten years of blood and treasure wasted by the Political Machine!
After the French Disaster 1954 many answers where available as to how we could approach any military answers.
The true answer for the future was shutting down the Ho Chin Min Traffic in Loas!

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Very detailed but dry account

The author obviously kept very detailed records of his experiences as he is able to recall scores of personal conversations 40 years after they took place. He had an unusual perspective on the Vietnam conflict (compared to the hundreds of accounts I have read) and obviously saw a lot of action early on but he concentrated more on the political point of view in this lengthy, almost academic chronicle. While the book is interesting and informative, the author seems a bit stiff and repetitive at times, and the voice actor's delivery was a good pairing for the author's writing style which is characterized by erudite narration. Overall, an entertaining story.

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Truth about Vietnam!!!

Fantastic book! Great story and the 2nd half of this book fills in a lot of gaps for me. Very well performed & written.

great look at the wars middle management

I have read many first had accounts of Recon, pilots, and grunt forces. this was the first middle management account I have read and it was very interesting. very well thought out analysis of why u.s. lost war in last chapter. this book is not for beginners but if you have studied war a bit, this is a book you should read/hear.

Great book

It never ceases to amaze me how many great books have come from the Vietnam war. Everytime I question whether I should listen to another, I am glad that I did.