Last Reflections On A War Author:Bernard B. Fall From the dustjacket: These 19 articles and transcripts constitute a distinguished scholar's final testament to the Vietnam War. Included are pieces on the two Vietnams, Indo-Chinese history, America's participation in the struggle, and the real meaning of the conflict. Bernard Fall's entire life was concerned with historical fact and revolutiona... more »ry warfare, and these articles--composed between 1964 and the day of his death--demonstrate how his twin concerns functioned within the context of Vietnam. Whether surveying the country's 2000 years of civil turmoil and foreign depredation ("It is Vietnam as a cultural and historical entity which is threatened with extinction") or recording the reactions of an unpenitent Viet Cong prisoner ("Do the Americans think they can stay with this kind of war for 30, 40 years? Because that is what this is going to take"). Professor Fall seeks to relate the war to Asian nationalism as a whole. Among the previously unpublished articles included here are: a searching portrait of Ho Chi Minh; a paper on American policy in Indo-China delivered at the University of Hong Kong; an essay on the end of revolutionary war. There are 3 affecting transcripts: a radio interview that provides us with the only autobiographical account available on Bernard Fall's life; a tape recording to his wife and children made before his penultimate trip; and the tape made on the final day of his life.« less