jmpalm13's review against another edition
4.0
Not providing a huge synopsis here. If you're looking for a read that will open your eyes to the history that you don't learn in school, this is a good book for that focused on the Vietnam War. It makes you think and want to learn more.
mducks's review against another edition
5.0
As with all books of this genre, it is a disturbing read because it is true, well reported, something so many of us lived through.
Worse, we hear these stories repeated in Afghanistan, Iraq, Ethiopia and many other nations where the west claims to be forging a peace
There is a further extrapolation that can be made into the worlds of business and global and national politics and that is that our leaders are little different from those that encouraged abuses then and covered up the results of their crimes.
From mass murder to mass corporate theft, to the manipulation of the truth and reality in the media, we face the same threat to our democracy from those who lack the courage to own up to what they have done
Worse, we hear these stories repeated in Afghanistan, Iraq, Ethiopia and many other nations where the west claims to be forging a peace
There is a further extrapolation that can be made into the worlds of business and global and national politics and that is that our leaders are little different from those that encouraged abuses then and covered up the results of their crimes.
From mass murder to mass corporate theft, to the manipulation of the truth and reality in the media, we face the same threat to our democracy from those who lack the courage to own up to what they have done
wyabook234's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
sad
medium-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: War, Racism, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Rape, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
arivnnv's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, War, Child death, Death, Racism, Racial slurs, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Rape
maryhadalilham's review against another edition
challenging
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
rhinoceroswoman's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
kambriesmith19's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.0