MWSA Book Review

The Last Hookers

Author:  LTC Carle E. Dunn, USA-Ret.

Publisher:  AuthorHouse

Reviewer: Bill McDonald – President of the MWSA

LTC Carle Dunn has written the most comprehensive book on what the whole Vietnam War was really about.  His book is a study in history with the causes and effects of policy and conflicts.  “The Last Hookers” is very scholarly written but reads like a novel.  I learned things about our history that I never knew happened—like how we almost got ourselves into a nuclear war over Vietnam when the French were losing the battle for Dien Bien Phu.  His book gives inside information on the CIA operations that took place in Asia and we get an inside look at how policy and war are what shapes future wars and battles.

If you only could get your hands on one book about the history of the Vietnam War, this would be a good book to start with.  You certainly get your money worth of information in 658 pages.  The author shows his skills at putting together facts and data and connecting the dots to see the results on how it all fueled the fire for the decade’s long problems in Asia.

This book is a history classic already; make sure that you get to read it.

MWSA's 2004 Silver Medal Award for Military History