George Black, "The Long Reckoning: A Story of War, Peace, and Redemption in Vietnam" (Knopf, 2023)

New Books in American Studies · Apr 23, 2023 · 1h 4m

The American war in Vietnam has left many long-lasting scars that have not yet been sufficiently examined. The worst of them were inflicted in a tiny area bounded by the demilitarized zone between North and South Vietnam and the Ho Chi Minh Trail in neighboring Laos. That small region saw the most intense aerial bombing campaign in history, the massive use of toxic chemicals, and the heaviest casualties on both sides. In The Long Reckoning: A Story of War, Peace, and Redemption in Vietnam (Knopf, 2023), George Black recounts the inspirational story of the small cast of characters—veterans…