Fighting for Time

Fighting for Time covers the period of Vietnamization in 1969 and 1970 as the Nixon administration tried to salvage something from the war. This book covers many topics: Cambodian neutrality and the Cambodian incursion, My Lai and the degeneration in military morale, political reform in South Vietnam and the death of Ho Chi Minh in the North. But with that breadth comes a lack of a coherent narrative or a critical analysis of these important historical events. This book manages a basic ‘just the facts’ reporting, but feels less complete and polished than previous books in the series.