Truong Nhu Tang (1923–2005)

An often unseen perspective of the Vietnam War. Too little has been written from the Vietnamese point of view (at least in English) and this book fills a gap in the picture of the second Indochina war. The author was a non-communist member of the National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) and Justice Minister to the Provisional Revolutionary Government. The fact that there were non-communist members of the Viet Cong and its political wing may come as surprise to some American readers. This book fills in subtle details on the NLF movement that run contrary to the American notion of the Viet Cong as an entirely communist and Northern led force. This book may not be as exciting as a book written by an American grunt, because the struggle is political rather than military, but for those with more than a superficial interest in the war I would recommend it.… (mehr)