A prolific writer, Sen. Bradley paints a picture of what this country must do to improve in ways of civil rights, health care and may other things. Moderate dems may not like some policies described in the book but they should truly be moved by the talent Sen. Bradley has with a pen. Written after his withdrawal from the 2000 Presidential race this book offers a unique perspective of a wise man at peace with his place and commited to helping others. His best book.
I have not yet read this book but the subject matter of spitting on Vietnam vets is something that I've skeptical of for several years. WhenI first heard of protesters spitting on vets that returned I was horrified. In later years doubts crept in but I had no way to prove that it was a myth. I'll get the book and read it. If anyone else has read this book please post your comments here. Thanks HPS
Although Nexis overflows with references to protesters gobbing on Vietnam vets, and Bob Greene's 1989 book Homecoming: When the Soldiers Returned From Vietnam counts 63 examples of protester spitting, Jerry Lembcke argues that the story is bunk in his 1998 book The Spitting Image: Myth, Memory, and the Legacy of Vietnam (click here to buy it). Lembcke, a professor of sociology at Holy Cross and a Vietnam vet, investigated hundreds of news accounts of antiwar activists spitting on vets. But every time he pushed for more evidence or corroboration from a witness, the story collapsed--the actual person who was spat on turned out to be a friend of a friend. Or somebody's uncle. He writes that he never met anybody who convinced him that any such clash took place.
