Title: Nothing's Good, Everything's Bad
Product review: Robert Rawls, who served with the 1st Cav in 1969-1970, describes his training thusly: "Thinking back on the training, all they told us to do was kill. 'Kill! Kill!' 'What is the spirit of the bayonet?' 'TO KILL!' It was just a bummed-out trip."You're right, Rawls. The Army's not the Boy Scouts. But that quote pretty much says it all for Santoli's book. He gathered the most disgruntled vets he could find, plus at least one poseur, to write an oral history of the Vietnam War. The problem is that not all vets view their service with the same bitterness and cynicism that Santoli's thirty-three representatives do. If you're an America-hating university professor, and you're teaching a class that touches on the war, this is the book to have your class read. If, on the other hand, you want a balanced and more well-rounded understanding of the Vietnam War, look elsewhere. A good book that comes to mind is Eric M. Bergerud's Red Thunder, Tropic Lightning.
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