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Posted by jonfrankel on Sep 8, 2017 in Books, The Vietnam Project | 0 comments

Hell in a Very Small Place

HELL 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...

Posted by jonfrankel on Sep 9, 2014 in Books, The Vietnam Project | 0 comments

WATER FRONTIER

WATER 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...

Posted by jonfrankel on Dec 18, 2013 in Books, The Vietnam Project | 0 comments

BEFORE THE FALL: THE EMBERS OF WAR

BEFORE 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,...

Posted by jonfrankel on Jan 9, 2013 in Books, The Vietnam Project | 2 comments

BEFORE THE STORM

BEFORE 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...

Posted by jonfrankel on Jul 18, 2012 in Books, The Vietnam Project | 0 comments

IN THE MIDST OF WARS: GRAHAM GREENE’S THE QUIET AMERICAN

IN THE MIDST OF WARS: GRAHAM GREENE’S THE QUIET AMERICAN The Quiet American By Graham Greene In The Midst of Wars By Edward Landsdale The Huk Rebllion By Benedict J....

Posted by jonfrankel on Sep 30, 2011 in Books, The Vietnam Project | 0 comments

Nguyen Cochinchina

NGUYEN COCHINCHINA SOUTHERN VIETNAM IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES By Li Tana Southeast Asia Program Publications Southeast Asia Program Cornell University...

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Jon Frankel is a poet and novelist, the author of Gaha: Babes of the Abyss, (Whiskey Tit Press, 2014) and, writing as Buzz Callaway, Specimen Tank (Manic D. Press, 1993). Other unpublished novels include several versions of Endangered Species, a contemporary novel set in NYC in the 80’s, The Last Bender, and The Man Who Can’t Die, a sci fi noir set in the same world as GAHA: Babes of the Abyss. All are published in part or in full on this web site. You'll also find reviews and personal essays about food, art and culture. Frankel lives in upstate New York with his family and works as a library supervisor.