The Offering

by Tom Carhart

This autobiographical account of a West Point graduate who found himself in a combat zone in Vietnam twenty-four hours after saying farewell to his parents, describes how the young idealist came to grips with the political realities of the Vietnam War

Genres: Nonfiction

305 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1987

About the author

Military historian. West Point Military Academy, Class of 1966. Served in South Vietnam as a platoon leader with the 101st Airborne Division. Has also been a lawyer and a historian for the Department of the Army in Washington, D.C. Earned a Ph.D. in American and military history from Princeton University.

Reviews

[Andrew Vachss · Rating 5 out of 5]

The definitive ground-zero book on Vietnam, brilliantly rendered, empathy-evoking, and ringing with truth.