--- title: Thurston Clarke | TIME description: Clarke is the author Honorable Exit: How a Few Brave Americans Risked All to Save Our Vietnamese Allies at the End of the War. He is also the author of nine widely acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction, and has written for Vanity Fair, Glamour, Outside, Travel Holiday, Condé Nast Traveler. canonical: https://time.com/author/thurston-clarke/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/thurston-clarke/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Thurston Clarke ## Thurston Clarke Clarke is the author [Honorable Exit: How a Few Brave Americans Risked All to Save Our Vietnamese Allies at the End of the War](https://www.amazon.com/Honorable-Exit-Americans-Risked-Vietnamese/dp/0385539649/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?keywords=thurston+clarke&qid=1557525456&s=gateway&sr=8-1). He is also the author of nine widely acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction, and has written for _Vanity Fair, Glamour, Outside, Travel Holiday, Condé Nast Traveler_. ## Thurston Clarke *  May 24, 2019 ### [Peace With Honor: What Vietnam Can Teach Us About How to Leave Afghanistan](https://time.com/5595006/peace-with-honor-what-vietnam-can-teach-us-about-how-to-leave-afghanistan/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/thurston-clarke/","name":"Thurston Clarke"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/thurston-clarke/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/thurston-clarke/"},"name":"Thurston Clarke","jobTitle":null,"description":"Clarke is the author Honorable Exit: How a Few Brave Americans Risked All to Save Our Vietnamese Allies at the End of the War. He is also the author of nine widely acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction, and has written for Vanity Fair, Glamour, Outside, Travel Holiday, Condé Nast Traveler.","url":"https://time.com/author/thurston-clarke/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```