. . . "Nor was I offended when I heard Webb speak at a 1985 conference of The Asia Society on ???The Vietnam Experience in American Literature.??? The conference brought together such writers and editors as William Broyles, Asa Baber, C.D.B. Bryan, John Del Vecchio, Nan Talese, Osborn Elliot, Joe Klein, Ron Kovic, Myra McPherson, Kevin Buckley, Tim O???Brien, and Wallace Terry." . . . .