"The Brown Water War at 50 is an achievement of the highest order--a collection of revelatory and insightful historical essays about an often-neglected but crucial aspect of the Vietnam War, the work of the U.S. Navy on the coastal and inland waters of South Vietnam. Editors and contributors--and Vietnam War Navy historians par excellence--Ed Marolda and Tom Cutler deftly weave in the personal and the historical in this brilliant retrospective."-- Marc Leepson, Arts Editor, Senior Writer, and columnist, The VVA Veteran magazine, and editor of The Webster's New World Dictionary of the Vietnam War "This well-written and deeply researched history is comprised of twelve essays and well worth reading."-- Vietnam Veterans of America, Books in Review "This new volume is a series of essays that provide an excellent retrospective on Cutler's eminent history of Vietnamese coastal and riverine campaigns, numerous historians offer differing viewpoints on the effectiveness of these operations, as well as retelling the stories of the sailors and soldiers that participated in this often-forgotten aspect of America's long involvement in Southeast Asia. All of the essays have copious endnotes, and the authors provide an excellent further reading list that covers the entire range of naval operations during the war. The volume provides an excellent update to Cutler's classic history of Vietnam riverine operations, providing a 50-year perspective of how the Navy rose to the operational challenge of navigating in an unforgiving environment against a determined foe.

"-- New York Journal of Books.