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With this volume about American women's participation in Vietnam, both overseas and at home, Zeinert continues her historical review of women in military conflict, which includes Those Remarkable Women of the American Revolution (1996) and Those Courageous Women of the Civil War (1998). Her highly readable, well-organized text begins with a comprehensive overview of the conflict itself, including the social and political climate at home--the civil rights movement and the changing role of women. Subsequent chapters focus on women in the armed forces, medical workers, volunteers, media correspondents, and the women who led U.S. protest efforts. The test is supported by well-integrated first-person accounts, excellent photographs, and full-page spotlights on such notable women as Major General Jeanner Holm, the first woman general in the U.