The Village
The Washington PostA minor classic about war.The New York TimesA vivid and unbiased portrait of one Vietnamese hamlet in the grip of war...Exceptional insight....West has told this story with honesty and without embroidery, while bringing out its inherent human drama.Charles B. MacDonald Author ofCompany CommanderUnquestionably the best book to come out of the Vietnam war -- human, compassionate, suspenseful, dramatic.Peter Braestrup Author ofTetA superbly honest, readable work that goes beyond journalism to become good literature.Washington Post Book ReviewThis is the way Vietnam should have been fought -- by tough volunteers who lived alongside the Vietnamese....It will take the sternest idealogue to remain unmoved by West's perceptive and human treatment of the men who fought it....It's an account of brave men at war in a far country, honestly told.Keith William Nolan Author ofThe Battle for SaigonandA Hundred Miles of Bad RoadOne of the small handful of truly great books to come out of the Vietnam war.Pacific AffairsPure Hemingway in the best sense of that characterization....West brilliantly portrays the drama of a war few Americans have known.Leatherneck MagazineA fantastic, down in the mud and crud book of enlisted Marines fighting to defend a village....West tells of some of the victories and the tragic cost. And he tells it well.