The Bridges of Vietnam

the long version

"This book is built around Fred L. Edwards, Jr.'s journals, sent home during his first tour in Vietnam in 1966-67. His own research fits his individual experiences into a larger context, through Postscripts, extensive notes, and a comprehensive historical Chronology. The book is formatted so that the reader can move easily between the events in Vietnam in 1967-68 and the broader context as revealed through later research. The reader can thus move between Edwards' personal experiences in Vietnam and the larger historical forces that sent him there. As a piece of the puzzle of Vietnam, this book holds great significance to those who were there and for students of that war."--BOOK JACKET.