“Karen Turner and Phan Thanh Hao have brought scholarship and compassion to a long-neglected aspect of the Vietnam War.”

-Neil Sheehan, Pulitzer prize for non-fiction

“This is an uncommonly brave and thoughtful inquiry.”  

-David Hunt, Manoa, 1999.

“Karen Gottschang Turner’s account is an attempt to set the record straight about an episode with which both countries are trying to come to terms. She has succeeded admirably with the help of journalist, writer, former diplomat and Vietnam resident, Phan Thanh Hao.”

-David Phair, Book of the Week, South China Morning Post, 1998.

“Turner’s book tells stories we need to hear, and her scholarly thesis teased out of them, like the aftermath of war, can break our hearts”. 

-“Women from the Battlefield,” South China Morning Post, 1999.

“This book is a genuine eye opener. I found it enthralling.”

-Cynthia Enloe, author of The Morning After:  Sexual Politics and the End of the Cold War.