From a kaleidoscope of cultural forms novels memoirs cemeteries monuments films photography museum exhibits video games souvenirs and more nothing ever dies brings a comprehensive vision of the war into sharp focus. Nothing ever dies is an academic essay about the vietnam war or as the vietnamese call it the american war the memory you hold depends on where you were physically and mentally during the war from whom you receive the information from and whos version of memory you have received. Nothing ever dies vietnam and the memory of war offers many riches with great erudition and impeccable scholarship viet thanh nguyen shows us how the traumatic repercussions of war defy simplification and how facile it is to misremember the dead focusing on the american war in vietnam and referencing other conflicts korea cambodia the . Cause nothing ever dies love is the only truth pure as the well of youth until it breaks your heart you took me higher than the mountains i have climbed you waited all your life for me you left me all alone behind but well meet again we will meet again submit corrections writers kamelot. Nothing ever dies vietnam and the memory of war is a work of historical criticism and ethical theory by vietnamese american ethnic studies scholar and author viet thanh nguyen the book is primarily a treatise on the ethics of creating and preserving public memories particularly those of mass atrocities such as war