Jane Hamilton-Merritt - Tragic Mountains: The Hmong, the Americans, and the Secret Wars for Laos, 1942-1992

Pros: Very powerful and horrific story about war.
Cons: none

In the mid 90s I was at Chico State studying American History and I was very interested in the Vietnam Era because it played such a big part in my life and the life of those who was born, lived, and die there. It was a part of history my ...

Pros: Well Written, Very Factual, A MUST Read
Cons: It's a Difficult Read Emotionally

This is a difficult book for me to review. I’m too close to it. Many of the people mentioned therein, I number among my friends. It’s also difficult because it’s a story that needed to be told, not for the heroism, but for the tragic ending. Too often...