 The story deals with the seemingly contradictory and morally ambiguous role of the soldier as both victimizer and victim.The Women's Publishing House, Nha Xuat Phu Nu of Hanoi, published "Paco's Story" in December 2010, translated by Pham Anh Tuan, with an introduction by celebrated Vietnamese novelist Bao Ninh.It is the first American-written war novel published in Vietnam.