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Another notch in my Vietnam War reading. The most interesting non-fiction work I read. This one is not so much on the war itself, but the 4 year long negotiations leading to it's conclusion. They were as much a failure as the actual war. Maybe not for the commies, they got just what they wanted. Love this quote, "we bombed them into accepting our concessions". That sums up what it took 4 years to achieve. The book starts with Johnson in office then quickly gets into the Nixon era. More focus on Kissinger than anyone else, as he headed those peace talks. A problem for me keeping the vietnamese names straight, as far as who was representing north and south. Imagine how the South Vietnamese must have felt knowing the end was near. Not saying we should not have bailed, just a sad ending. How many years can you prop up a failed government? It had to end at some point.

Grade - B

next up - Mr. Ive's Christmas by Oscar Hijuelos