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Fiction Allies to the bitter end LAST OF THE ANNAMESE 336 pp. Naval Institute Press By Tom Glenn Reviewed by William C. Crawford This enthralling read is an autobiographical novel about the fall of Vietnam to the Communists in 1975. Tom Glenn lived much of the backstory of the ignominious American pullout from the War. His vantage point was as a US intelligence operative. He skillfully overlays a gripping love triangle onto a vivid account of the final days of the American presence in Saigon. The book provides understated commentary on the bankrupt US foreign policy which first thrust our military forces into Southeast Asia. Then we abandoned thousands of our most loyal indigenous supporters. Annamese is a multifaceted, little-known term in the West having various connotations throughout Vietnam’s poignant history. It is alternately an historical name for the country; a French provincial designation; and in this work, a nod to the mythical sky goddess who was venerated by one prominent...