Nguyê˜n Va˘n Thuan, a war veteran, with his wife in their studio apartment with his typical day’s worth of food. (From the book What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets.) The caloric value of his day’s worth of food on a typical day in December was 2100 kcals. He is 60 years old, 5 feet, 6 inches tall; and 123 pounds. Although he is completely healed, his war injuries strengthen his camaraderie with other wounded soldiers; Thuan’s fellow delivery cart drivers are all wounded vets who have been given exclusive licenses by the government to operate in Hanoi traffic. While waiting for clients, they often rehash their war experiences. When asked about American soldiers, he says they didn’t know the purpose of the war: “They didn’t know why they were coming to this land. That’s why they failed.” MODEL RELEASED.