... with pride. When U.S. involvement ended in 1973, however, it was the anguish of defeat that haunted the souls of those who participated as well as the bitterness of a nation conflicted by wounded pride and relief. A 1980 movie, A Rumor of War, based on Philip J. Caputo's book by the same title, reflects much of the pain and ambivalence the nation came to know too well. Like most Americans in ... the 1950s, Caputo grew up knowing little of Asia and virtually nothing of Vietnam. After the battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954, the possibility of the spread of communism in Vietnam ... Okinawa a...

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... I've read my entire high school career. I can relate to the characters, which makes my attitude change with theirs. This is a book that is hard to put down when you begin reading it. It was like watching a movie. I couldn't stop reading until the scene was over and it got me wanting more. The way things were described painted a perfect picture of what was happening ... . The army forms immense bonds between soldiers in a company, which is almost brother-like. This book showed me that ... on unfamiliar territory. They attacked their own men accidentally because they were scared and confu...

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