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The long reckoning, a story of war, peace, and redemption in Vietnam, George Black

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The long reckoning

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George Black

a story of war, peace, and redemption in Vietnam

"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, George Black recounts the inspirational story of the small cast of charactersveterans, scientists, and Quaker-inspired pacifists, and their Vietnamese partnerswho used their moral authority, scientific and political ingenuity, and sheer persistence to attempt to heal the horrors that were left in the wake of the military engagement in Southeast Asia. At the heart of the story are Chuck Searcy, a former military intelligence analyst in Saigon, and Manus Campbell, a Marine who fought in some of the most brutal combat zones below the DMZ. Both returned to Vietnam years later, seeking to right the wrongs they had witnessed in their youth. The intersecting story of all these people is one of reconciliation and personal redemption, embedded in a vivid portrait of Vietnam today, with all its startling collisions between past and present, in which one-time mortal enemies, in the endless shape-shifting of geopolitics, have been transformed into close allies and partners. The Long Reckoning is being published on the fiftieth anniversary of the day the last American combat soldier left Vietnam." --, Inside front jacket flap

Story of war, peace, and redemption in Vietnam