Home to War: A History of the Vietnam Veterans' Movement - Hardcover

A narrative history details the efforts of the millions of Americans who served in Vietnam to achieve recognition for their service and sacrifice, examining their struggle to deal with the negative reactions on the home front, their role in the anti-war movement, and their battle for medical help and compensation for Agent Orange exposure and post-traumatic stress. 35,000 first printing.

ative history that chronicles, for the first time, the experience of America's Vietnam veterans who returned home to fight a different kind of war.

The courageous Americans who served in Vietnam fought two wars: one on the other side of the world and one when they returned home. The battle abroad took place in war-scarred Asian hamlets, rice paddies, and jungles where thousands of Americans risked life, limb, and spirit in a conflict few of them fully understood. The second war began when these same soldiers came home to face another fight, this one for the hearts and minds of their countrymen, and for their own health, sanity, and peace of mind.

Home to War presents a vivid portrait of a generation of American warriors who faced rejection by the nation in whose name they fought and virtual abandonment by the government that sent them to risk their young lives in Southeast Asia. In spite of formidable obstacles, including the still-fresh physical and mental trau