A review by taniatlaw
The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide by Gary J. Bass

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

I was absolutely fascinated and riveted to learn about this piece of unknown / lesser-known history in the US and Southeast Asia. I definitely am under-educated about this period in SEA, and was aghast at the personalities and behaviours of Nixon and Kissinger during this time. That they decided to support an authoritarian dictatorship deeply responsible for genocide in order to achieve better relations with China astounds me! 

While a very informative and interesting read, I found it a bit slow at times… I definitely found that the plot and details were starting to drag on by the latter half of the book.