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A review by taralorraine
Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam by Elizabeth Partridge
fast-paced
5.0
To begin with I have to admit that I have put this book off because I feared it would be a dry “war” book.
It wasn’t at all. It was a beautifully written compilation of first-hand accounts from a wide array of individuals intermixed with the politicians and politics that landed them a year “in country”.
The last section detailing how the memorial wall came to be brought me to tears because the author really made me understand where Scruggs was coming from and made me feel a little better equipped to understand what the wall represents.
And the photographs made it all the better. So good.
It wasn’t at all. It was a beautifully written compilation of first-hand accounts from a wide array of individuals intermixed with the politicians and politics that landed them a year “in country”.
The last section detailing how the memorial wall came to be brought me to tears because the author really made me understand where Scruggs was coming from and made me feel a little better equipped to understand what the wall represents.
And the photographs made it all the better. So good.