into the experience full throttle. His level of understanding is at a point that allows him to know our past is not complete until our future is complete. The future holds opportunities for us to change how we perceive the past. It also provides an objective look at Vietnam,"'It is less a book "against' the Vietnam War .. and more a book 'about' the Vietnam War and the experiences it held for soldiers and innocents alike."21 There is an intelligence and clarity to his work that makes it necessary to examine when observing the events of the Vietnam War....
