Sydney Parade, a political scientist who has left home and family to join a foreign-aid operation in Saigon in 1965, becomes trapped in a moral crossfire when he begins to discover the unsettling depths of the Vietnam conflict.
A report on Vietnam as it exists in the last decade of the twentieth century, discussing the issues that confront the small, communist country from the perspective of its citizens.
Describes many aspects of this long, narrow, southeast Asian country including its land, landmarks, homes, food, clothes, schools, sports, celebrations, and arts.