Description: A highly acclaimed biography of the fabled "jungle doctor" of Southeast Asia, "Dr. America" chronicles the short life of Tom Dooley, whose exploits in Vietnam and Laos during the 1950s helped lay the ideological groundwork for U.S. military intervention a decade later. 33 illustrations.
Review Quotes:
"This is no ordinary biography. Where others might settle for background 'color' or superficial 'context' Fisher has the skill and knowledge to provide a searching exploration of an entire history. And this history--the early years of the Cold War--was fundamental not only in shaping Dooley's many lives, but the last half century of global affairs."--Christian G. Appy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"This is a quite extraordinary work, one which will be of great interest to historians of American religion, popular culture, and the Vietnam war. A first-rate and important biography."--Maurice Isserman, Hamilton College