Review of Deadly Waters: The Vietnam Naval War And Its Aftermath
Posted: 07 Jul 2023, 01:09
[Following is a volunteer review of "Deadly Waters: The Vietnam Naval War And Its Aftermath" by Randy Miller.]
Randy Milller, the author of the historical fiction discusses the Vietnam naval war, its impact, its aftermath on lives of people in Vietnam. Zachariah Martin[Zack], the central character in the book who was country born and bred, was deployed to Vietnam navy. The story explores the usage of Agent orange, a herbicide and defoliant, used by U.S military, as a part of herbicide warfare during Vietnam war and further how U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs defrauded over 200,000 Vietnam navy sailors out of compensation for Agent Orange-related diseases. Zack, the expert sailor, at the end of the novel loses his life to cancer[a probable offshoot of defoliant usage]. Nor only does he[or any other victim] bears the casualties of war but so does his family. In his letter to his beloved wife, he expresses how his pain of departing from his wife is way more than the suffering from cancer. Heart wrenching tales of DO NUOC village eradication, betrayal towards sailors like Zack, mass killings- depicted in the novel with sensitivity and in humane way, thus it touches reader's heart and fills it with range of emotions.
In the novel, I particularly enjoyed the letters of Zack to Tally, his wife and experienced love, sorrows of departure. I also feel the research went behind writing the book is commendable. However, In my humble opinion, some of the sentences though grammatically correct but wasn't quite well beautified, as it would have increased the writing beauty more.
I would recommend the book to historical fiction junkies and anyone else who wants to read about how war brings the worst to humanity. Overall, I would give this book rating 4 out of 5.
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Deadly Waters: The Vietnam Naval War And Its Aftermath
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Randy Milller, the author of the historical fiction discusses the Vietnam naval war, its impact, its aftermath on lives of people in Vietnam. Zachariah Martin[Zack], the central character in the book who was country born and bred, was deployed to Vietnam navy. The story explores the usage of Agent orange, a herbicide and defoliant, used by U.S military, as a part of herbicide warfare during Vietnam war and further how U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs defrauded over 200,000 Vietnam navy sailors out of compensation for Agent Orange-related diseases. Zack, the expert sailor, at the end of the novel loses his life to cancer[a probable offshoot of defoliant usage]. Nor only does he[or any other victim] bears the casualties of war but so does his family. In his letter to his beloved wife, he expresses how his pain of departing from his wife is way more than the suffering from cancer. Heart wrenching tales of DO NUOC village eradication, betrayal towards sailors like Zack, mass killings- depicted in the novel with sensitivity and in humane way, thus it touches reader's heart and fills it with range of emotions.
In the novel, I particularly enjoyed the letters of Zack to Tally, his wife and experienced love, sorrows of departure. I also feel the research went behind writing the book is commendable. However, In my humble opinion, some of the sentences though grammatically correct but wasn't quite well beautified, as it would have increased the writing beauty more.
I would recommend the book to historical fiction junkies and anyone else who wants to read about how war brings the worst to humanity. Overall, I would give this book rating 4 out of 5.
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Deadly Waters: The Vietnam Naval War And Its Aftermath
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon