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To what end : report from Vietnam by Ward S. Just is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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In December 1965 Ward Just went to Vietnam as a correspondent for the Washington Post . In his eighteen months there he would earn a citation from the Overseas Press Club and a Combat Infantryman's Badgeand discover a time, place, and subject that would fuel many decades of writing and many acclaimed, best-selling novels. The experience also inspired To What End , his very first book: a vivid, personal evocation of the atmosphere, the politics, and the moral dilemmas of Vietnam at the height of American involvement. Neither a polemic nor an apologia, it was the very first book on Vietnam to pose the question: What are we doing here? It offers a morally ambiguous view of the war that was radical in its day and still bears the string of truth. "The war hypnotized," Ward Just writes, "and those whose business it was to observe it came to regard it as a drama whose characters and plot were only dimly perceived." In a profoundly moving foreword to this new edition, Just reflects on the legacy of Vietnam, on himself as a young man, and on how his views have and haven't changed since he wrote this sharply observed, sad, beautiful, and still disturbing book.

Who reads To what end : report from Vietnam?

Author

Ward S. Just

Publisher

New York: Public Affairs

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9781891620775

Category

history

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

4.2 / 5 (25 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14