Vietnam by Andrew Wiest
Vietnam: A View from the Frontline traces the American experience of Vietnam from the war's popular inception to its morale-crushing and bitter conclusion. Vietnam features a grunt's-eye view of the conflict - from the steaming rice paddies and swamps of the Mekong Delta, to the triple-canopy rainforest of the Central Highlands, to the forlorn Marine bases that dotted the DMZ. Like Karl Marlantes' groundbreaking novel 2010, Mattherhorn, this book will change the way we think about Vietnam. Told in uncompromising, no-holds barred language of the soldiers themselves, the stories contained within this book detail everything from heroism to fragging, from helicopters hitting the LZs to rampant drug use. It is a true and grippingly accurate portrait of the American war in Vietnam through the eyes of the men and women who fought in that far away land while a few are drawn from medics, corpsmen, nurses and widows. The book is based on rich collections housed at the National Archive, the Center of Military History, and at the Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech.
A smartly composed, affecting memory album of the draftees and volunteers whose service and sacrifice for so long went unacknowledged- Kirkus
Andrew Wiest is Charles W. Moorman Distinguished Professor at the University of Southern Mississippi. He has written or edited several books on the Vietnam War, including Vietnam's Forgotten Army (which won the Society for Military History's Distinguished Book Award), Rolling Thunder in a Gentle Land: The Vietnam War Revisited, and America and the Vietnam War: Re-examining the Culture and History of a Generation. Dr. Wiest has also served as a visiting professor at both the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and the United States Air Force Air War College.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781849089722 |
| ISBN 10 | 1849089728 |
| Title | Vietnam |
| Author | Andrew Wiest |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2013-04-20 |
| Number of pages | 312 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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