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A Guardian Best Book of the Year "A gripping study of white
power...Explosive." -New York Times "Helps explain how we got to
today's alt-right." -Terry Gross, Fresh Air The white power
movement in America wants a revolution. Returning to a country
ripped apart by a war they felt they were not allowed to win, a
small group of Vietnam veterans and disgruntled civilians who
shared their virulent anti-communism and potent sense of betrayal
concluded that waging war on their own country was justified. The
command structure of their covert movement gave women a prominent
place. They operated with discipline, made tragic headlines in
Waco, Ruby Ridge, and Oklahoma City, and are resurgent under
President Trump. Based on a decade of deep immersion in previously
classified FBI files and on extensive interviews, Bring the War
Home tells the story of American paramilitarism and the birth of
the alt-right. "A much-needed and troubling revelation... The power
of Belew's book comes, in part, from the fact that it reveals a
story about white-racist violence that we should all already know."
-The Nation "Fascinating... Shows how hatred of the federal
government, fears of communism, and racism all combined in
white-power ideology and explains why our responses to the movement
have long been woefully inadequate." -Slate "Superbly
comprehensive...supplants all journalistic accounts of America's
resurgent white supremacism." -Pankaj Mishra, The Guardian
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High Shining Brass
(Paperback)
Don Lomax, Robert Durant; Illustrated by Don Lomax
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R382
R356
Discovery Miles 3 560
Save R26 (7%)
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Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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An action-filled memoir by Medal of Honor recipient Bennie Adkins,
whose heroic deeds as a Green Beret in Vietnam in March 1966 became
legend in the Army For four days in early March 1966, then-sergeant
Bennie Adkins and sixteen other Green Berets held their undermanned
and unfortified position at Camp A Shau, a small training and
reconnaissance camp located right next to the infamous Ho Chi Minh
Trail, North Vietnam's major supply route. Surrounded 10-to-1, the
Green Berets endured constant mortar and rifle fire, treasonous
allies, and a violent jungle rain storm. But there was one among
them who battled ferociously, like a tiger, and, when they finally
evacuated, carried the wounded to safety. Forty-eight years later,
Bennie Adkins's valor was recognized when he received this nation's
highest military award. A Tiger among Us tells the story of how
this small group of warriors out-fought and out-maneuvered their
enemies, how a remarkable number of them lived to tell about it,
and how that tiger became their savior. It is also the tale of how
Adkins repeatedly risked his life to help save his fellow warriors
through acts of bravery and ingenuity. Filled with the sights,
smells, and sounds of a raging battle fought in the middle of a
tropical forest, A Tiger among Us is alive with the emotional
intensity of the besieged men as they lose many of their own while
inflicting incredible losses on the North Vietnamese forces. A US
pilot flying over the post-battle carnage described it as a "Wall
of Death." A Tiger among Us is a riveting tale of bravery, valor,
skill, resilience, and perhaps just plain luck, brought to vivid
life through the oral histories of Adkins and five of his fellow
soldiers who fought in the Battle of A Shau.
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