War is a great book that we all need to read ... And yet, to open a new and bright chapter between the U.S. and Vietnam, it seems best if both sides close the door of the past.

More than forty years after its conclusion, the Vietnam War is a persistent wound on the American psyche. It is a war that divided families and communities, and sparked massive protests on college ...

“I had probably the most embarrassing capture in the entire Vietnam War,” Hegdahl said in a 1997 interview Leepson quotes in the book. “I found that my defense posture was just to play dum ...