One out of every ten young men in America is a Negro. But two out of every five men killed in the war in Vietnam is a Negro. The United States says this is because Negroes are very brave, but most people know it is because we do more of the dirty front-line fighting than we should. When you read this book, how will you feel about your son or husband or brother or uncle - or yourself - fighting miles away from home against a people who only want to be left alone be everyone? [Vietnamese peasant with two children]

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Page 5 of Vietnam, copyright © 1967 by Julian Bond. Written by Julian Bond and illustrated by T.G. Lewis.