Download or read book Summons of the Trumpet written by Dave R. Palmer and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 1995 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soldier/scholar Palmer traces the history of the American involvement in Vietnam and shows how events in both the U.S. and Vietnam became inextricably linked as domestic dissent and a lack of realistic, viable military strategy ultimately led to America's first lost war. Index. 6 maps.