Book chosen from the library: Vietnam the (last) war the U.S. lost

Step 1

3.1) I chose this book because as I chose multiple other books the covers were plain with nothing but the title of the book. This book however had a picture with two soldiers in cover and an explosion in the background.
3.2) This book has one author by the name of Joe Allen
3.3) Vietnam the (last) war the U.S. lost
3.4) Haymarket Books
3.5) The book was printed in Chicago, IL in 2008

Step 2

This book written by Joe Allen is about the Vietnam war in regards to how people saw the war unfold and their feelings towards the war. He states a reason for writing this book is because he realizes that most people of generations after the Vietnam war do not know the real reasons behind the war effort, and this book informs it's readers of these reasons. Here is a quote by Joe Allen "Yet for the generation of Americans who have come of age in the three decades since the last U.S. troops left Vietnam, the history of the war is practically forgotten." With those words being said that is Allen's goal of the book to inform people of the great struggle the Vietnam war presented on this country and many others.