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Title: The Classic on the Subject
Review: Since the fall of the Soviet Union, improved relations with China and the normalization of relations with Vietnam historians have had greater access to materials and persons involved in the battle than did Fall writing in the 1960's at the height of the US Vietnam War. The works of Ted Morgan ("Valley of Death") and Martin Windrow ("The Last Valley") did benefit from these more complete resources but Fall remains highly readable and uncontacdicted by the new data.I have read this book twice. The first time in 1968 just prior to my own tour in Vietnam. The second time was some thirty-plus years later when I stumbled upon a copy at a local thrift shop. My re-reading of Fall was much more rewarding than the first. There was much that I either did not fully grasp intellectually or lacked the depth of experience to truly understand at an emotional level. Thank you, Dr. Fall.
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