Easterblogg on Kerry's Vietnam excerpts

Gregg Easterbrook is impressed with John Kerry's writings from Vietnam. I just finished the excerpt published in this month's Atlantic Monthly last night. It's too bad the timing coincided with his staff bugging out, because it really is a pretty compelling story. It just showed up in the mail last week, so it probably won't make it to The Atlantic's web site until next week but check it out when it does - or you can borrow my copy when I'm done ;)

The name John Kerry and the word Vietnam are about to make big news. The December Atlantic Monthly cover story is an excerpt from Douglas Brinkley's forthcoming book Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War. Kerry gave Brinkley, a historian, complete access to the copious pages of diaries, letters, and notes that the presidential candidate wrote while serving in Vietnam. The material, mainly concerning Kerry's disillusionment with failed policies and needless killing, is relevant to the situation in Iraq, and potentially controversial.