The Speed of Light

AUTHOR'S NOTE

Like all books, this book is in debt to many other books. Among them I should mention two volumes that collect experiences of ex-combatants from Vietnam: Namby Mark Baker andWar and Aftermath inVietnamby T. Louise Brown. The following texts have also been very useful: A Rumor of Warby Philip Caputo;Vietnam: A War Lost and Wonby Nigel Cawthorne;Dispatches,by Michael Herr; 'Trip to Hanoy' inStyles of Radical Willby Susan Sontag. Furthermore, I am grateful for the disinterested help I have received from Quico Auquer, Andres Barba, Jessica Berman, Frederic Bonet, David Castillo Buils, Angel Duarte, Tomas Frauca, David T. Gies, Cris-tina Llençana, Rosa Negre, Nuria Prats, Guillem Terribas, John C. Wilcox and, especially, Jordi Gracia, Felip Ortega and David Trueba, to whom this book owes even more than they think.