"Superb analysis of the 1963 Buddhist crisis."--Reviews in American History
"The account of the events leading up to the assassination of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem is particularly good, and the assessment of its dire effect on the nature of the U.S. commitment to South Vietnam, convincing."--Foreign Affairs
"Jones...argues that the instability of Diem's government, followed by the assassinations of Diem and JFK, combined to create an environment where escalation of American involvement in Vietnam became inevitable, thus triggering what Jones terms 'the death of a generation.."...Jones goes deeper into the existing evidence supporting this thesis than have most other writers, and does so in a highly readable manner."--Publishers Weekly
"This is a 'what if' book, and lay historians may wonder whether such a book has a place in history. The answer in this case is a strong affirmative."--Richmond Times-Dispatch
