This new edition of a classic book on the impact on Americans of the Vietnam War reintroduces the voices of the Vietnam era to a new generation of readers. In a new introduction written especially for this edition. Myra MacPherson reports on the legacy of the war and its impact on contemporary political life, interviews a number of her principal characters to bring their stories up to date, and reflects on what has changed, and what hasn't, for the haunted generation in the years since these interviews were conducted. Book jacket.