Title: Inherit All Things

J Ryan Fenzel

ISBN 10: 0977168816 / ISBN 13: 9780977168811

Published by Ironcroft Publishing, 2009

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Almost half a century ago, a young reporter from Germany arrived in still-glamorous Saigon to cover the Vietnam War over a period of five years. In this memoir he now tells the story of how he fell in love with the Vietnamese people. He praises the beauty, elegance and feistiness of their women. He describes blood-curdling Communist atrocities and fierce combat scenes he had witnessed. He introduces a striking array of characters: heroes, villains, statesmen and spooks, hilarious eccentrics, street urchins and orphans herding water buffalos. He shows how professional malpractice by U.S. media stars such as Walter Cronkite turned the military victory of American and South Vietnamese forces during the 1968 Tet Offensive into a political defeat. He mourns the countless innocent victims of the Communist conquest of South Vietnam, which was the grim consequence of its abandonment by the United States. Thus, he argues, the wrong side won. Finally, with the eyes on Afghanistan, he poses a harrowing question: Are democratic societies with their proclivity for self-indulgence politically and psychologically equipped to win a protracted war against a totalitarian foe?

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Title: Inherit All Things
• Publisher: Ironcroft Publishing
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0977168816
• ISBN 13: 9780977168811
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Inherit all things is an thrill packed adventure set in the great state of Michigan. Packed with true Michigan geography and many true historical facts.

About the Author

J. Ryan Fenzel is a Michigan author who employs the rich character and landscapes of the Upper Midwest to color his tales of mystery and intrigue. His first title, Descending from Duty (Ironcroft 2006), earned widespread acclaim in the Great Lakes region as it told the story of a WWII submarine unleashed on the contemporary Great Lakes. Inherit All Things is his second Great Lakes novel. Fenzel lives in Southeast Michigan with his wife and two daughters.