Face of the Enemy: An American Asian's War in Vietnam and at Home

Face of the Enemy is not your run-of-the-mill memoir. The second son of a mixed-race family of mainly Asian descent was challenge enough. His father's American values were overpowered by his mother's enforcement of the traditional Chinese culture of her homeland. His home life couldn't have been more dissimilar than the culture of 1960s Chicago that was just outside his front door. Out on the streets, his Asian face said, "I'm not one of you." At home, his status as the Number Two son said,...