Review: Life as a US officer in Vietnam.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 28, 2013
This is a "day-by-day" account of a young US officer's experiences in the Vietnam war. The author does see a lot of combat but the majority of this is of the faceless, distant, bombardment variety; almost no close-up combat takes place here. Hey, the guy is writing his actual memoirs and this is what took place. However, the impersonal nature of the author's own warfare experience,  together with the "diary-style" delivery of the writing made the reading experience a little on the dry side for me. Mr. Evans is clearly an excellent soldier, before he is an author. Have to say I am neither, so I stress that this is a personal observation and I do not want to be judgemental.I believe if you are seriously interested in the Vietnam war and would like to know more of the Vietnam veterans' daily lives and hardships, then this book might well be for you. If you are looking for more "blood 'n guts," single combat action, then look elsewhere.