Sir Max Hastings: Vietnam—An Epic Tragedy

Celebrated former war reporter and historian Sir Max Hastings gives a fascinating lecture about his new book, Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy.

Vietnam became the Western world’s most divisive conflict since the Second World War, first creating a humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Sir Max has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants from both sides in Vietnam and the United States, as well as researching a multitude of American, Vietnamese and French sources, to create an epic narrative of an epic struggle.

A book signing follows the event.