{"product_id":"the-long-reckoning-george-black-9780593534106","title":"The Long Reckoning: A Story of War, Peace, and Redemption in Vietnam","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe moving story of how a small group of people--including two Vietnam veterans--forced the U.S. government to take responsibility for the ongoing horrors--agent orange and unexploded munitions--inflicted on the Vietnamese.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fifty years after the last U.S. service member left Vietnam, the scars of that war remain...This [is the] remarkable story of a group of individuals determined to heal those enduring wounds.\"--Elliot Ackerman, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fifth Act\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e2034\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe American war in Vietnam has left many long-lasting scars that have not yet been sufficiently examined. The worst of them were inflicted in a tiny area bounded by the demilitarized zone between North and South Vietnam and the Ho Chi Minh Trail in neighboring Laos. That small region saw the most intense aerial bombing campaign in history, the massive use of toxic chemicals, and the heaviest casualties on both sides. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Long Reckoning, \u003c\/i\u003e George Black recounts the inspirational story of the small cast of characters--veterans, scientists, and Quaker-inspired pacifists, and their Vietnamese partners--who used their moral authority, scientific and political ingenuity, and sheer persistence to attempt to heal the horrors that were left in the wake of the military engagement in Southeast Asia. Their intersecting story is one of reconciliation and personal redemption, embedded in a vivid portrait of Vietnam today, with all its startling collisions between past and present, in which one-time mortal enemies, in the endless shape-shifting of geopolitics, have been transformed into close allies and partners. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Long Reckoning\u003c\/i\u003e is being published on the fiftieth anniversary of the day the last American combat soldier left Vietnam.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Black\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593534107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593534106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.59h x 6.59w x 1.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2022 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/20\/2023","brand":"George Black","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44070770573567,"sku":"9780593534106","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1fb44964-776e-44aa-a2a3-5e7dd527058a.jpg?v=1685432243","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-long-reckoning-george-black-9780593534106","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}