Last Plane out of Saigon - Softcover

Pena, Richard; Hagan, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0989715418 ISBN 13: 9780989715416

Publisher: Story Merchant, 2014

Synopsis

LAST PLANE OUT OF SAIGON is a faithful reproduction of the journal of a draftee working in the operating room of Vietnam's largest military hospital during the final year of the war. Supporting historical and political context is provided by award-winning scholar, John Hagan. Richard Pena’s entries were written in real time and, as they chronicle the last desperate year of this tragic war, present readers with a better understanding of the complicated final year of the Vietnam War from the inside, looking out. A year that tragically remains unfamiliar to most Americans. This landmark book describes, in part, the hasty departure of American troops from Vietnam but is timely now as America again is challenged with multiple global conflicts. It is a gripping real-time account of the anger, resistance and resilience forged in one man by the horrors of Vietnam witnessed up close, in graphically human terms, touching on mistakes that were made then and which our country continues to make today. All Americans should read this important piece of history, bound to leave them with chills. Richard Pena served in Vietnam as an Operating Room Specialist for the United States Army and left on the last day of American withdrawal. He is now a nationally renowned practicing attorney in Austin, Texas. He is a former President of the American Bar Foundation and State Bar of Texas and served on the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association. John Hagan is the John D. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and Law at Northwestern University and Co-Director of the Center of Law & Globalization at the American Bar Foundation in Chicago. He has published nine books and more than 150 articles in nationally renowned magazines and journals.

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Review

"Not many books can function as a literal time capsule to the past, but Last Plane Out of Saigon does just that . . . Pena and Hagan both criticize the war without criticizing the American soldiers who fought and served our country." - Matthew D. Walker, Houston Lawyer Magazine

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"Regardless of a reader's attitude about the Vietnam War, Richard Pena's Last Plane Out of Saigon . . . written with John Hagan,offers insights worth reflecting upon for decades after the fact." - Henry Zeybel, The VVA Veteran
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"Last Plane Out of Saigon is a reproduction of Pena's thought-provoking, real-time journal from that long, final year of the war."- Lindsay Stafford Mader, Texas Bar BlogCopy & Paste: lastplaneoutofsaigon.com/media-reviews.html for the full review.

". . . compact and compelling book." -Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman

Edition details

• Publisher: Story Merchant
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0989715418
• ISBN 13: 9780989715416
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 136