The Sorrow of War extra reading

I chose this book as it has given me more insight into what the Vietnam war as a whole and then there is a page (92) on the sorrow of war

. This page made "the sorrow of war" more real to me as it explained to me more about the Vietnam war so that the context of the book has become more realistic. I believe this extra reading has also added to my full understanding of the war putting the life of Kien into perspective.

The History of the war also means that because of the non linear timeline throughout the book I was able to gain more understanding of what was going on around the same time period as the war lasted for such a long period.