Told from different points of view--protesters, students, National Guardsmen, and "townies"--recounts the story of what happened at Kent State in May 1970, when four college students were killed by National Guardsmen, and a student protest was turned into a bloody battlefield.

Two years after being airlifted out of Vietnam in 1975, Matt Pin is haunted by the terrible secret he left behind and, now, in a loving adoptive home in the United States, a series of profound events forces him to confront his past.

"Some things are worth fighting for. Of all his friends, Ivan is the only one looking forward to war. That's because Ivan has never backed down from a fight--especially when it comes to fighting for what's right. He has protected his friends from bullies for years. And now, as war erupts in Vietnam, Ivan wants nothing more than to fight for his country, just as his father did in World War II. Enlisting in the United States Army, Ivan is trained to...

One of four friends who have volunteered to fight in the Vietnam War, the intellectual Beck is in the Air Force, where he is part of a crew spraying Agent Orange, but the destruction of the jungle and his isolation from the fighting going on below is starting to effect him.

January, 1968. When Taylor Sorenson's mother drags him to Saigon to visit his dad-- who's stationed at the US embassy-- Taylor is bored out of his skull. During an embassy dinner the rebellious teen sneaks out to see the Tet celebrations in the city, and is captured by the North Vietnamese Army. Realizing he could be an important bargaining chip, the NVA want to move Taylor to the North. The only way there is the Ho Chi Minh Trail, a series of dangerous...