Honorable Exit

In a riveting account of one of our nation's finest hours, an acclaimed historian reveals how Americans, in a thrilling race against time, helped more than one hundred thousand South Vietnamese escape communist revenge in the last days of the Vietnam War. In 1973 US participation in the Vietnam War ended in a cease-fire and a withdrawal that included promises by President Nixon to assist the South in the event of invasion by the North. But in 1975, when North Vietnamese forces began a full-scale assault, Congress refused to send arms or aid. By early April of that year, the South was on the…