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What happens when a bunch of murderous gringos are let loose on a developing country? We all saw Apocalypse Now. We've read the fiction. Yet few films or books identify even a single Vietnamese by name. Thee million Vietnamese were killed in the American war - half the Jewish Holocaust. This is a story of that war, which questions how far one individual will go to right the wrongs of his country before betraying his fellow soldiers and comrades.
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Edward Wilson served in Vietnam as an officer in the 5th Special Forces. His decorations include the Bronze Star and Army Commendation Medal for Valor. Soon after leaving the army, Wilson became a permanent expatriate and he formally lost US nationality in 1986 to become British. For the past thirty years he has been a teacher in Suffolk, where he lives.
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'Stylistically sophisticated, visually and emotionally present; the pace is good and Wilson knows how to hold the reader's attention' - W.G. Sebald --W.G. Sebald
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- PublisherArcadia Books Ltd
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1905147473
- ISBN 13 9781905147472
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