Millions of Americans left jobs and schools, families and friends, to fight in Vietnam at the request of their country. They are entitled to a fair and generous treatment from the nation they served so faithfully. This book is an eloquent and heartfelt brief on their behalf.

Walter F. Mondale

If it is true that those who forget the past are condemned to relive it, then David Bonior's book is `must' reading for all of us. It is a valuable insight into the ironies and errors that have rendered the Vietnam veterans the `forgotten men' of the era.

Fay Kanin, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

This is a rare book about the real process how decisions are sometimes made and sometimes avoided.

The Honorable Thomas P. (Tip) O'Neill, Jr.