The Vietnamese War: Revolution and Social Change in the Mekong Delta 1930-1975, by David W. P. Elliot. M.E. Sharp, Armonk, NY, 2003. I just finished David W. P....
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LOST IN TRANSLATION Vietnam: A Combat Advisor’s Story By Martin J. Dockery Presidio Press, 2003 Martin Dockery, a lawyer by training, has in Lost in Translation...
Read MoreHELL IN A VERY SMALL PLACE By Bernard Fall Da Capo Press; Reprint edition (April 2002) Although I have largely abandoned my researches into the history of Vietnam, the...
Read MoreWATER FRONTIER Commerce and the Chinese in the Lower Mekong Region, 1750-1880 EDITED BY NOLA COOKE AND LI TANA This book of essays continues the pioneering work of...
Read MoreBEFORE THE FALL For some reason I have failed this year to post reviews of a number of books that I loved and are central to this blogh. How does this happen? Well,...
Read MoreBEFORE THE STORM BY RICK PERLSTEIN Rick Perlstein’s Before The Storm is a prequel to his book Nixonland and views the rise of the modern conservative movement through...
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THE MAN WHO CAN'T DIE
"Frankel once again produces a thrilling futuristic dystopia which includes white-knuckle action, lots of sex and drugs, and a post-menopausal white-haired research scientist heroine who is trying to save the world from her own mad genius." Buy on Amazon | Buy on Whiskey Tit
GAHA: BABES OF THE ABYSS
"It's hard to put down this book, full of Frankel's autodidact ramblings and wild flights of language." Buy on Amazon | Buy on Whiskey Tit
SPECIMEN TANK
"There's more truth in this book than anyone in the biotech industries would care to admit. Plus, it's funny as hell." Buy on Amazon