Vietnam by Mary McCarthy (Penguin S259 - 1968 1st UK pb

Description: Vietnam by Mary Mccarthy, Penguin Books, Harmondsworth Middlesex England, 1968, 119 pp.. Penguin S259. 1968 1st printing. Cover design by Ian Escott. Corner crease on the front cover. Bump at the bottom of the spine. Light rubbing to the back cover. Owner's name on front end page. Pages are tanned. Page edges are foxed. Condition - Very Good Plus 313176 Mary McCarthy was an American literary critic and author of more than two dozen books including the 1963 New York Times bestseller The Group. Born in Seattle, McCarthy studied at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, and graduated in 1933. After moving to New York City, McCarthy became known for her incisive writing as a contributor to publications such as the Nation, the New Republic, and the New York Review of Books. Her debut novel, The Company She Keeps (1942), initiated her ascent to become one of the most celebrated writers of her generation, a reputation bolstered by the publication of her autobiography Memories of a Catholic Girlhood in 1957, as well as that of her now-classic novel The Group. Hailed as "the most provocative and disturbing analytical indictment . . . of America's role in Vietnam" by the New York Times, this is Mary McCarthy's riveting account of her journeys to Saigon and Hanoi In 1967, the editor of the New York Review of Books sent Mary McCarthy to Vietnam. In this daring and incisive account, McCarthy brings her critical thinking and novelist's eye to one of the most unpopular wars in our nation's history. Outraged over America's role in the Vietnam War, McCarthy arrived in Saigon with her own preconceived notions. Her time there did little to alter those beliefs. Focusing on the moral consequences - "the worst thing that could happen to our country would be to win this war" - McCarthy provides firsthand reports from the front line. She describes visits to villages built for Vietnamese refugees torn between the terror that Americans would stay and the fear that they would go. From its coverage of the daily horrors of war to notes on the logistical challenge of bringing 494,000 soldiers home, this is a timely and timeless work from one of America's most outspoken and respected critics..

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