Title: Clichés are the kiss of death for this otherwise good book.
Review: This book provides a very good, if abridged, overview of the entire Vietnam War. It begins with French colonialism and follows through all the way to modern cultural and political influences which survive the war. It is insightful and easy to read. Most importantly, it is interesting.There are some drawbacks.About every second page Dr. Maga has included the kiss of death of writers everywhere: the cliché. I'm sure Maga didn't notice it when he was writing the book, but neglecting a decent copy edit is truly the kiss of death of what could have been a very good book. Yes, by writing "the kiss of death of" so very, very often, Maga has given himself the kiss of death. Kiss of death, kiss of death, kiss of death.Hopefully the next version will be improved.
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