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A Sort of Homecoming

By Tim McGivern

Weekly Alibi | October 1, 2004

There is still more Vietnam to come in this year's presidential campaign. And thanks to Butler's latest contribution, you will find a narrative, not infused with partisan sound bites or Michael Moore-style storytelling, but one that most importantly constructs a painful history lesson. A lesson that it seems America is hell-bent to learn a second time.

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Tags: George Butler, Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry

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