Fish Heads, Rice, Rice Wine & War: A Vietnam Paradox

Seeded in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam during 1966-1969, Fish Heads, Rice, Rice Wine & War: A Vietnam Paradox, draws on the human, yet humorous side of the strangest and most misunderstood war ever, in which American soldiers were committed.

Fish heads cooked with rice and accompanied with rice wine are the basic staples in the day-to-day lives of Montagnard natives. Equally, these staples were the subject of many jokes, songs and ‘the day after the night before’ headaches, as well as more than average the number of trips to the latrine for those of us who lived among them.

Without intent to remove the callousness of war itself, Fish Heads, Rice, Rice Wine & War: A Vietnam Paradox is an effort to have the reader recognize that even in the midst of deplorable conditions and carrying out an undefined combat mission, Americans by their very nature are a fun-loving, compassionate, joking people---war being merely and aside in which they find themselves thrown. Even when they find themselves involved in the blood and guts of war, soldiers will always find the means to laugh. After all, laughter lends sanity when there’s nothing else left.

"A true insiders view of the undeclared war known as Vietnam." -- Richard Sand (Private Justice)

"An unforgettable book. A must read for anyone wanting to know about the real Vietnam." -- John Hamilton Lewis (Basha)