Top U.S. policymakers betrayed South Vietnam. This poignant story is beautifully written. The U.S. intended to intervene to prevent Soviet expansion; however, individual egotism and overconfidence were as damaging as the weapons supplied by the Kremlin. Vietnam had the potential to support patriotic, anti-communist Vietnamese and prevent a wave of mass immigration, but it ultimately turned into a tragedy for America and the Western world. This book is highly recommended for anyone who wishes to understand the obstacles to achieving just peace deals.

This book was very well written and only serves to make me angry on behalf of all the men and women who lost their lives in the Vietnam War. A total waste for nothing.

Kissingers Betrayal uses formerly classified documents to portray Secretary of State Henry Kissinger as a deeply arrogant and amoral man. Was Kissinger truly a hater of Communism as he would like to be believed? How could it be explained that he undermined the Anti-Communist movement by supporting the recognition of Communist China? This new work of history paints an even darker and possibly more complex portrait of Secretary Kissinger. Is it an accurate portrait that is for the reader to decide? Would the South Vietnamese Government survive if Kissinger had not meddled? YOu can not prove what has not happened only look at what has and judge that. Read this book, then go read more about the time for a fuller view.