Poems

A Distant Cause is a general yet comprehensive history of the Viet Nam War. It begins with events in Viet Nam right after the end of World War II; the French war of re-conquest that ended with the Battle at Dien Bien Phu; the partition of Viet Nam (North and South); the U.S. direct Intervention; the last battles and the fall of the (former) Republic of Viet Nam. The book advances the reasons of why we fought and of why we lost the Viet Nam War, and why, after 30 years after the war ended, we can claim that the war had a catalystic role in the history of the world.