SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORY 2019
¡®Masterpiece ¡¦ manages with great skill to combine the accumulation of strategic and political disaster with the real experience of those fighting on the ground¡¯ Antony Beevor, Spectator
¡®Will surely set the benchmark for years to come¡¦ This may be his best ¡¦ Exhaustively researched and superbly written, it is both a balanced account of how and why the war unfolded as it did, and a gripping narrative on what it was like to take part¡¦History as it should be: objective, immersive and compelling¡¯ Daily Telegraph, 5*
¡®Magnificent¡¦ One by one, the sacred canons of right and left are obliterated. The war is laid bare, with all its uncomfortable truths exposed¡¯ The Times
¡®Powerful and chilling¡¦ Hastings is masterful at describing the conditions faced by young American soldiers¡¦ [he] is second to none in his ability to describe military strategy with a clarity that makes things entirely understandable to the layman¡¯ Mail on Sunday, 5*
¡®An altogether magnificent historical narrative¡¯ Tim O¡¯Brien
¡®A masterpiece¡¯ Frank Scotton
¡®Magnificent, his best work ¡¦ full of extraordinary and compelling detail and thoroughly informed by his own personal experience of so much of the war. It's written in unputdownable style, with a dispassionate, liberal-minded understanding of the detail of the war, which draws on testimony from every side and doesn't favour anyone. I've never read a better history of the wars in Vietnam, and it¡¯s hard to see how anyone will be able to improve on this¡¯ John Simpson
¡®Neophytes and experts alike will find Hastings¡¯s book stimulating, informative £¿ and above all, riveting¡¯ New Statesman
¡®This fabulous work offers up a gut-wrenching glimpse of the reality of war¡¯ The Sun, 5*
¡®Impressive¡¦ A fast-paced, poignant and eye-opening read¡¯ Literary Review