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Edward P. Metzner et al. Reeducation in Postwar Vietnam: Personal Postscripts to Peace.-

Publication: World Literature Today
Publication Date: 22-MAR-02 		Format: Online
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Full Article Title: Edward P. Metzner et al. Reeducation in Postwar Vietnam: Personal Postscripts to Peace.-(book review)

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College Station. Texas A&M University Press. 2001. xviii + 136 pages $24.95. ISBN 1-58544-129-5

Nguyen Khai. Past Continuous Phan Thanh Hao, Wayne Karlin, trs. Willimantic, Conn. Curbstone. 2001 162 pages. $15.95. ISBN 1-880684-78-0

THE U.S. MAY be faulted in many ways for its handling of the war in Vietnam, including an arrogance of power and an insensitivity to the people we were fighting for. We were on the way toward correcting those faults when we committed the most egregious error, that of abandoning our ally to an aggressive and vengeful enemy. Because of this, much of the responsibility for what befell the South Vietnamese in general, and in particular those soldiers who fought against the communists, rests on our country's shoulders.

Colonel Edward Metzner served as an advisor to South Vietnamese military commanders during his four tours of duty in Vietnam, most of that time in the Mekong Delta's least secure areas. His memoir More Than a Soldier's War (Texas A&M, 1995) recounts his experiences supporting the Vietnamese in their efforts to create a viable nation. More than two decades after the war, he reestablished contact with several of his colleagues and learned what happened to them after "liberation." Inspired by their tales...

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