[Tainan]

Hey -
Surprisingly enough, one of the best books, IMO, written about the Viet Nam war was written by a US AID man whose job was helping the locals grow rice. He worked closely with the worlds premier rice authority, which was/is in the Philippines. The book was about his doing his job ion the face of the VC political cadre terrorizing the farmers for co-operating and the U.S. troops coming to fight the war. They were stuck in the middle.
I have the book somewhere on my shelves;unfortunately I cannot remember the exact name of it.
I'm a VN Vet and went through a period, during the late '70s and through the '80s of getting and reading every book I could find about Viet Nam.
Also, some of the best rice in the world is grown in Texas, U.S.A.

Ever Onward!
Tainan

[SunkenCiv]

I don’t think I’d heard of it before, but it sounds interesting.