Vietnam Saga

The Way Home In the quiet embrace of Sweet Water, Alabama, the echoes of conflict resonate through the generations of the George family. Christian George stands at the crossroads of duty and loyalty, following the footsteps of his father and uncle into the uncharted territory of the Vietnam War—a battlefield marked not just by gunfire and sacrifice, but by an invisible enemy: the anguish of uncertainty that haunted soldiers and their families alike. As Christian plunges into a conflict that seems unwinnable, the weight of tradition bears heavy on his shoulders. Families torn apart by the ...

Dan Lyons resigned as Dean at Gonzaga University to become the free world's leading advocate of winning the war in Vietnam, visiting there 17 times from 1963 to 1975. His 500 daily radio and TV broadcasts, plus his nationwide weekly columns and debates on college campuses, reached millions every week for 12 years.

In clear, lucid prose, Vietnam War, Revised Edition explores the critical questions surrounding the United States' experience in Vietnam: What led President Lyndon B. Johnson to commit combat troops in 1965? How was it possible for the North Vietnamese to suffer a military defeat in the Tet Offensive in 1968 and yet achieve a political victory?