Description: An examination of the political and cultural dynamism of the Republic of Vietnam until its collapse on April 30, 1975.
Brief description: Heather Marie Stur is Professor of History at the University of Southern Mississippi and the author of The U.S. Military and Civil Rights Since World War II (2019) and Beyond Combat: Women and Gender in the Vietnam War Era (2011).
Review Quotes: 'In Saigon at War, Heather Stur depicts the vibrant and riotous political culture of South Vietnam's wartime capital. While Saigon had its share of corruption and dysfunction during the Vietnam War, it was also a city of students, soldiers, diplomats, religious leaders, peace activists, and communist agitprop agents In Stur's vivid account, Saigon was the place where South Vietnam's democratic aspirations rose and fell - a city in which violence and venality often collided with dreams of self-determination, liberation and peace.' Edward Miller, Associate Professor of History, Dartmouth College