From the Publisher
“A must listen for any student of the Vietnam War.”
—DWD's Reviews
“Imformative and interesting, and often compelling and moving. . . . A useful, often affecting, program.”
—AudioFile
“Flawless and up to NPR’s high production standards. The work as a whole can serve as an introduction of sorts to the conflict. Public libraries and comprehensive collections on the Vietnam War should consider.”
—Libary Journal
DWD's Reviews
A must listen for any student of the Vietnam War.”
—DWD's Reviews
Library Journal - Audio
Nearly 40 years since the fall of Saigon, the Vietnam War can still elicit strong emotions. This collection of NPR stories explores the war from the Gulf of Tonkin Incident of 1964 to the present day from the perspectives of both ordinary people and high-ranking military officers and politicians. Reports include a story on the wives of POWs, an interview with an eyewitness to the My Lai massacre, and the recollections of a wartime Red Cross worker. These broadcast media reports vary in length from a mere handful of minutes to nearly half an hour. Technically, these are all flawless and up to NPR's high production standards. The work as a whole can serve as an introduction of sorts to the conflict. VERDICT Public libraries and comprehensive collections on the Vietnam War should consider.—Michael T. Fein, Central Virginia Community Coll. Lib., Lynchburg
JANUARY 2013 - AudioFile
This eclectic assortment of NPR reports on the Vietnam War is neither a history nor even an organized overview, but more a series of impressions, many of them concerned with politics and the war's aftermath. As NPR’s first broadcasts weren’t until 1971, the program seems hampered by a lack of NPR material directly about the war. But there are contemporary clips ranging from the voices of President Lyndon Johnson and Defense Secretary Robert McNamara to that of a helicopter pilot just after duty, as well as later commentary by people directly involved. Despite a somewhat scattershot feel, the program is informative and interesting, and often compelling and moving. Narrator Audie Cornish occasionally seems to strain to inject emotion into her voice, but generally her introductions are clear, brief, and professional. A useful, often affecting, program. W.M. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine
