Vietnam Voices

Perspectives on the War Years, 1941-1975

Edited by John Clark Pratt

Title Details

Pages: 712

Illustrations: 1 photo

Trim size: 6.000in x 9.000in

Formats

Paperback

Pub Date: 12/01/2008

ISBN: 9-780-8203-3369-4

List Price: $38.95

Vietnam Voices

Perspectives on the War Years, 1941-1975

Edited by John Clark Pratt

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Arranged chronologically and in counterpoint, this unique book samples all conceivable forms of oral and written documentation to illuminate the United States' involvement in its longest and most divisive war. The attitudes and experiences of foot soldiers and generals, hawks and doves, politicians and protesters, writers, spies, and pilots are graphically revealed in news releases, excerpts from fiction, poems, graffiti, speeches, intelligence reports, personal diaries, songs, official memos, and more. All viewpoints are included: American, French, British, Cambodian, Thai, Lao, and South and North Vietnamese.

John Clark Pratt—teacher, writer, and veteran of the Southeast Asian conflict—has compiled this book so that any reader can comprehend the Vietnam War and perhaps for the first time move from prejudice and confusion to acceptance and understanding.

Few readers will come away without learning something from [Vietnam Voices].

London Times

A dramatic sampling of the war's human dimension . . . a highly useful compilation of the manifold experiences that Vietnam signified, one that will help us to comprehend the magnitude and significance of this war.

Library Journal

Perhaps the best one-volume introduction to the literature of the war.

Vietnam War Literature

Everything about this anthology is imaginative and exciting.

Playboy

A valuable book, well worth reading.

Los Angeles Times

About the Author/Editor

JOHN CLARK PRATT served for more than twenty years in the U.S. Air Force. He is a professor of English emeritus at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. His other books include the novel The Laotian Fragments.