- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Berkley; Reissue edition (1986)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0425089517
- ISBN-13: 978-0425089514
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.6 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 168 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #868,713 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3.0 out of 5 stars
I am very torn!,
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This review is from: The Tunnels of Cu Chi (Paperback)
I have to say that this book is a necessary read, but mainly because it is the only one written on the subject. It is well written and very descriptive but I fear the area it is most descriptive about is not what the title implied. I thought this was going to be a history of the tunnel rats when in fact that was only a small part. There is much more praise and accolation for the communist defenders than there is for the rats. I have to say, right up front, that as an American this can be a painful book to read. There are no holds barred when discussing the tunnel defenders point of view...you will hear many stories of Americans being killed ruthlessly. For those who have not come to grip with this war the book may be too much. Some say this account is simply unbiased but I feel that is not true. There seems an subtle leaning towards the american side being 100% in the wrong and the brave tunnel fighters being the heroes...that was disturbing. Maybe this book was necessary as most of those I read are written from the opposite bias but it is disturbing none-the-less. I got the same sort of feeling when I read Chester Wilmots 'struggle for europe', another british history that seemed like it was unfairly taking jabs at America and her soldiers. In summary I feel it is necessary to read this account, since it is the only history of these amazing soldiers, but please go into it knowing you will be disturbed by many things you read.
4.0 out of 5 stars
i write the review with tears in my eyes,
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This review is from: The Tunnels of Cu Chi (Paperback)
The book is for me a followup on a long term interest. I was active in the anti-war movement in highschool and was in the US Army when the war ended in 1975. My uncle fought there for 3 years and i remember well his envelopes with the 'free' in the postage field.My father and i fought bitterly over the war and never mentioned it after i left home. But my memories can be only a dim shadow of those who were there, and it is to those to whom this book is addressed.It doesn't glorify war. Yet i come away from reading it with the firm conviction i felt when reading the _Pentagon Papers_ that the US had supported the wrong side in a civil war. The heroism of the tunnel dwellers is obvious from the facts. The book is organized by topic: women, doctors, American tunnel rats etc. It is not meant to be a complete story but a narrative to tell a story with a moral. The very ground sheltered the VietNamese in their war against: the Japanese, the French and lastly the Americans. It is not an earthshaking must read like _Hell in a very small place_ nor as complete as Stanley Karnow _Vietnam_ two of the more important books i've seen on VietNam.
5.0 out of 5 stars
i was thier,
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This review is from: The Tunnels of Cu Chi (Paperback)
i was thier, good book must read,histroy of my friends and i please don't forget them
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