New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2016. From the auther of the bestselling novel The Sympathizer comes a searching exploration of the conflict Americans call the Vietnam War and Vietnameses call the American War - a conflict that lives on in the collective memory of both nations. At stake are ethical questions about how the war should be remembered by participants that include not only Americans and Vietnames but also Laotians, Cambodians, South Koreans, and Southeast Asian Americans.