A World of Hurt: Between Innocence and Arrogance in Vietnam
"Mary Reynolds Powell has been telling her story for many years in forums ranging from high school assemblies and churches to lunch meetings of the Junior League. Now, she shares with thousands of readers her journey of memory and inquiry into the meaning of the American experience in Vietnam. Twenty-five years after the final withdrawal of American forces from Vietnam, her powerful memoir serves to remind all of us the perils of repressed memories and unacknowledged responsibility. My students never fail to be deeply moved by Mary's passion and sincerity." --Claudia Boatright, Department of History, Laurel School, Shaker Heights, OH"Mary personifies the tender mercy of all nurses thrust into combat. Her book needs to be read by young America today, for it was yesterday's young America that gave the best they had in a troubled land in a troubled time." --James Banks, Ph.D., Ohio Professor of the Year 1994, 1997, Professor Emeritus of History at Cuyahoga Community College"This work is a gripping human story which reminds me of Paco's Story; Dispatches; A Rumor of War and Home Before Morning, all great contributions about the insanity of the Vietnam War. Powell's book is a passionate, moving and among the 'must' read of human tragedy, sorrow, and humor which are embedded in chaos and existential malaise of the  'heart of darkness' known some 35 years later as, the Vietnam War." --John P. Wilson, Ph.D.