Everyman in Vietnam by Joseph Gilch

Everyman in Vietnam by Joseph Gilch

Based on an exceptional collection of letters written by an American soldier during his tour of duty, Everyman in Vietnam: A Soldier's Journey into the Quagmire provides a gripping and multi-dimensional way to understand the nature and enduring significance of the Vietnam conflict. The book's vivid, intimate, and accessible account of Jimmy Gilch, an ordinary American soldier in Vietnam, offers a unique glimpse into the complexities and contradictions of the American intervention there. The movement back and forth between the larger history of the war and the experiences of Gilch fighting in a very particular place at a particular time gives readers a sense of the concrete nature of the war in Vietnam that is often absent in more general treatments. Offering an instructive example of the craft of history in action, Everyman in Vietnam explores the history of the multinational and global processes that led to the U.S. interventions, the political calculations on opposing sides that shaped successive decisions for military escalation, and Vietnamese perspectives on the conflict.

"Everyman in Vietnam is the most intimate account of the Vietnam War available todayWritten with great artistry and power, the author's story of Jimmy Gilch and his family's encounter with one of America's most vicious wars casts a powerful light not just on the conflict but on the entire social fabric of the U.S. in the 1950s and 1960s. It is a perfect vehicle for teaching the current generation--so fully protected from the experience of war--what Vietnam was all about."--Marilyn Young, New York University "In this compelling and moving book, two master historians help us understand the real tragedy of the American war in Vietnam as they bring to life the service of Private Jimmy Gilch against the sweep of American, Vietnamese, and global histories of the mid-twentieth century."--Mark Bradley, The University of Chicago

Michael Adas is the Abraham E. Voorhees Professor Emeritus and Board of Governors' Chair at Rutgers University. Adas was awarded the Toynbee Prize for his contributions to global history in 2013. His writings have been translated into seven languages. Joseph J. Gilch is currently working to complete his graduate degree in Global and Comparative History at Rutgers University.

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ISBN 13	9780190455873
ISBN 10	019045587X
Title	Everyman in Vietnam
Author	Joseph Gilch
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press Inc
Year published	2017-06-15
Number of pages	288
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