[Interesting Times]

I've read Triumph Forsaken... in fact, I was at the book launch in Fairfax, Virginia a couple of months ago, and had the opportunity to talk with Dr. Moyar at some length. "Triumph" is the first half of his planned two-volume history of the Vietnam War, and I'm very much looking forward to reading the second one as well.

Mark Moyar is a superlative scholar and historian, and also a very nice and unassuming fellow, especially considering his awesome academic credentials. It's a shame there aren't about 500 more of him...

[Fedora]

Glad to hear a sequel's in the works! Was it at that Vietnam conference that was held recently that you met him? I'm especially interested in what he mentions about Mendenhall's link to Harriman and Hilsman, as I've been researching the Harriman and Hilsman clique's influence on JFK and LBJ's Vietnam policy and how some of their proteges later influenced Carter's Iran policy. I'll be very interested to see what else Moyar discovers.