Bao Ninh’s The Sorrow of War demonstrates the torture that American soldiers experienced with very little consideration to the hardships and struggles of the Vietnamese people. The book gives a crisp explanation of the plight of the Vietnamese people and the difficulties that war can cause. Indeed, the sorrow of war is very much powerful as it is from the point of view of a veteran and has the perspective of the war from a Vietnamese soldier. This novel gives the point of view from the other side with the main character Bao Ninh as the person who can look at the other side of conflict where the Vietnamese people experience extreme suffering and loss. This paper looks at the facility of memory which is basic to the experience of the war of Kien. His understanding of his experience of the war is quite close to the rest of Vietnamese society. Kien collects bodies for the Missing in Action Remains-Gathering Team after the 1975 war. He returns to the different places where he was in battle most of the time. He also led different encounters that were quite traumatic that are quite unimaginable for people who have never indulged in any battle. Kien’s memories of the war are quite vivid and we are brought to places where he experiences these again. Some of his writings make readers feel the pangs of pain and misery as he narrates what happens during the battle. These memories are supposed to heal the trauma in his heart, but it is a reminder that he will experience and remember memories of the war for as long as he lives. War and the violence that it entails including scenes of killings, rape, and dying are vividly depicted in the story. Kien’s point of view is that of a soldier during the Vietnam war. The strategy employed in Vietnam was not congruent with the reality of the situation. Indeed, United States, at that time and present, possessed a massive array of firepower unmatched by any nation, but all these armaments were futile against an irregular army employing unconventional tactics. It is to be remembered that Vietnam was a country that was unknown to the American people until their history became intertwined with it. America attempted to aid the cause of freedom but it resulted in South Vietnam being very dependent on it upon its very survival. The cause of the Vietnam War is partly because of the policies of the United States in meddling with the affairs of the Vietnam government. This is something that the two other perspectives are neglecting. There is an underestimation of the forces which led to the military support in Vietnam without any clear aim on the part of the United States. There are a lot of sources that point out the experience of Vietnam as a result of the underestimation of the United States on the growing power of the Viet Minh. The main cause of America’s involvement in the innate self-confidence, and technocratic view of the United States military regarding the affair (Reid, p. 541). Vietnam conflict polarized the nation in 1967 and 1968. During 1966 and 1967, Vietnam became a battle inferno for both sides. By 1968, the Vietnam War had become the longest one in which the United States had been involved. Anti-war protesters were active on every major American universi