To What End?

"As a young man, Ward Just spent eighteen months in Vietnam as a correspondent for the Washington Post. The experience would earn him both a citation from the Overseas Press Club and a Combat Infantrym"

Ward Just is the author of several novels, including A Dangerous Friend, the National Book Award finalist Echo House, and Jack Gance. His groundbreaking book about Vietnam, To What End, is available from PublicAffairs. Just was recently named one of the first recipients of a Berlin Prize Fellowship from the American Academy. He lives in Martha's Vineyard with his wife, Sarah Catchpole.

Foreword

xi

Author's Note

xxiii

Introduction

xxv

Saigon and Other Syndromes

1

(28)

Ky, The Government, and the Americans

29

(32)

Some Reflections on Progress

61

(32)

The Exiles

93

(24)

Ruff-Puffs, Air and Arty, and Other Exotics

117

(26)

Reconnaissance

143

(22)

The Gook Dog That Hated Gooks

165

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