Reviews of the Knopf edition:

"A wonderful book—fresh and intelligent. Broyles's eye for Vietnam, then and now, is unerring." —Peter Jennings

"[A] superbly written, often moving story of Broyles' journey back to the killing ground in Vietnam where he once served as a Marine lieutenant. A cool, clear meditation that stings the heart." —Kirkus Reviews

"A first-rate piece of work, infused with an ideal American common decency and common sense." —Kurt Vonnegut

"Exceptional and memorable." —Gay Talese

Founding editor of Texas Monthly magazine and coauthor of the Apollo 13 screenplay, Academy Award nominee William Broyles, Jr., now lives and writes in Austin. After serving as editor in chief of Newsweek from 1982 to 1984, he became one of the first veterans of the war to return to Vietnam to confront the men and women he fought against and his own memories. This moving book tells that story.

• Acknowledgments
• Preface to the New Edition
• Prologue: 1969
• 1. Why Go Back?
• 2. Morning in Hanoi
• 3. “I Am Not a Russian”
• 4. MIAs and the Swedish Disco
• 5. Dragons from the Sky
• 6. The Targets of Nam Dinh
• 7. Phat Diem: “Everyone Did It”
• 8. Marching Off to War
• 9. Talking with Generals
• 10. Tan Trao—Where It All Began
• 11. Diplomatic Misunderstandings
• 12. Ghosts in the Zoo
• 13. American Boys
• 14. All Quiet at the DMZ
• 15. An Argument in Hue
• 16. The Girl at Marble Mountain
• 17. “Number One!”
• 18. The Best Weapon
• 19. My Enemy, My Self
• 20. The Road to Hill 10
• 21. The Same Saigon
• 22. Boats Along the Mekong
• 23. Dancing in the Dark
• 24. A My Lai Survivor and the White Viet Cong
• 25. At the End of the Tunnel
• Epilogue
• Essay on Sources