It has always been my primary goal to publish WARRIORS AND FOOLS, my book on the Vietnam War, primarily to get it in the hands of Vietnam Veterans and Educators who want to teach about the war. While for a self-published book sales have been moderate at 1000 copies and have already reached scores of veterans, it still has not received wide acceptance in academic circles and institutions. I am very pleased and honored that several noted historians, such as Professor Larry Berman and Dr. Andrew Bacevich; and the US Army’s Heritage Center, under Mike Perry, has promoted it through inviting me to talk about it. But thus far, only one teacher, Professor Eric Mann, has decided to use it in a course. In addition, except for the iBook version, which has not gotten much attention, other versions do not have what I think is very useful in assisting in the teaching of the war; i.e., maps, diagrams, tables, pictures and copies of actual documents.

Thus, I have decided to publish a textbook version of my book. It will consist of two volumes and include pictures, maps, diagrams, tables, and other materials from my research. This textbook version will initially be available on Amazon as a two volume paperback and found on my author page at https://www.amazon.com/Harry-Rothmann.... I anticipate that this will be available at the beginning of September 2020. I will also attempt a new effort that will inform as many people as I can about the textbook - concentrating of course on an audience including those who may be interested in teaching a course on Vietnam.

So if any who are reading this post know of any potential courses or events about the Vietnam War or know of teachers who may be interested, please pass this post on to them or let me know how to contact them. I will, as I have offered before, send a courtesy version of the textbook after making contact with them and receiving a course proposal, lesson plan, or syllabus that demonstrates their seriousness in teaching a course on the Vietnam War.

In a subsequent post I will show what the textbook version looks like and how it will be organized. I thank those of you who have read my book and especially those of you who have supported it through writing reviews, and passing knowledge of its existence on to others.