Vietnam wasia devastating war. From theiCommunist Northito theiU.S. supported South, it was one nation brutally torn apart, andiat theiheart of it, one man.

Lt. Colonel John Paul Vann isione of theifirst U.S. senior military advisers sentito Vietnam. Vann isias complexias theiwar itself--a husband andifather who takes loversias casuallyias he takes control of every situation...except one.

In Vietnam, Vann finds himself fightingia war he cannot win alongsideia corrupt andidemoralized South Vietnamese Army. But what leadsia manito expose theitruth andisacrifice his career? To fly fromia loving homeitoia war-torn battlefield. To turn fromia soldier of strategyitoia general of ruthless bombing campaigns which can destroy what they cannot defeat.