Awards Quote by Dave Eggers

“a lot of lives in Vietnam were wasted by the folks driving those big desks in Washington. It’s easy to make a decision when…

— Ed Kugler

“This book is a story about the Vietnam War and illustrates what a mess of a war it was for all involved. However, it…

— Rick DeStefanis

Since I was a kid. I had this series by Ballantine Books about the history of World Wars I and II. In my 20s,…

— George Packer

I wrote a novel about the combat experiences I didn't have in Vietnam.

— Tracy Kidder

“the entire rationale for fighting in Vietnam was rooted in faith. Faith that his elected leaders and military bosses knew what they were doing…

— Mark Bowden

“Vietnam was a noble cause imperfectly pursued”

— Ronald Regan

“The Vietnam War was definitive in the lives of those who served. But those who made it home, never fully returned. My story was…

— Joseph M. Puglia

Vietnam was a country where America was trying to make people stop being communists by dropping things on them from airplanes.

— Kurt Vonnegut

When I wrote War Against the Mafia as a Vietnam statement, I didn't expect much to come of it-but quite a bit came and…

— Don Pendleton

All three of my books, "Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora," "East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres," and "Birds of Paradise Lost,"…

— Andrew Lam

“There is at the outset a very obvious and almost facile connection between the war in Vietnam and the struggle I, and others, have…

— Martin Luther King Jr

“Like any army moving from war to peace, this Army was entering a period in which it would search high and low for its…

— Rick Atkinson