PositiveThe Washington PostThe quality of the writing stands out...From the opening lines, clean, clipped sentences have the quality of simplicity ... less a history of the final evacuation than a meditation on the meaning of the end for America’s fighting men and women. It is part of a distinguished and growing literature by American veterans trying to understand the experience of those who served ... The Fifth Act’s contribution to understanding the war lies foremost in passages of reflection and well-chosen quotes, such as the \'should’ve and could’ves\' or the line from The Aeneid. They give pause and offer a window into deeper thought.
