Thurston Clarke’s new book, Honorable Exit: How a few brave Americans risked all to save our Vietnamese allies at the end of the war is now available in paperback from Anchor Books. It was published in hardback in 2019 in the US, UK, and Australia . To order Honorable Exit.
“…serious, well-researched and engaging…”
—Washington Post“Thurston Clarke’s Honorable Exit brings this little-known story to light with the speed and power of a riveting thriller. ”
—George Packer, author of The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq and The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New AmericaRead more reviews of Honorable Exit
Read Thurston Clarke’s essay, What Vietnam Can Teach Us About How to Leave Afghanistan in TIME
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BIO: Thurston Clarke has written thirteen widely acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction, including three New York Times Notable Books. His articles have appeared in Vanity Fair, The New York Times, The Washington Post and many other publications. His Pearl Harbor Ghosts was the basis of a CBS documentary, and his bestselling Lost Hero, a biography of Raoul Wallenberg, was made into an award-winning NBC miniseries.