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Books > Humanities > History > American history > From 1900 > Postwar, from 1945 > Vietnam War
America's involvement in the Vietnam War created much controversy
in its time. Violent demonstrations and fiery debates filled the
evening news in the 60s. Vietnam veterans returning from over seas
quite often experienced dejection and were demonized by some
segments of society. While this was going on, the ordinary soldier
in Vietnam was experiencing his own world of hardships and
survival. This book is about the facts of everyday life in war zone
c. It involves my firsthand experiences along with the experiences
of other soldiers. After presenting the true narratives, poems have
been introduced to display the true feelings, moods, and attitudes
that were unique in a life of hardship and horror within the rubber
plantations and jungles of Southeast Asia. Gather the pieces of
history now while you can still get them first hand.
Memories of personal experiences incountry Vietnam between 1965 and
1971. Some are risque but written so as not to offend. Enjoy how
the real war was fought in episodes of the Brown Water Navy.
A psychologist, through letters and narrative, describes his
forty-three year journey from war in Vietnam to the present day.
How does a returning war veteran re-integrate his life after the
moral ambiguity of war, killing, the death of friends, and a naive,
disinterested public? Combat trauma, reconciliation, and healing
are woven into a story of daily faith.
In his widely acclaimed Chasing Shadows (""the best account yet of
Nixon's devious interference with Lyndon Johnson's 1968 Vietnam War
negotiations""-- Washington Post), Ken Hughes revealed the roots of
the covert activity that culminated in Watergate. In Fatal
Politics, Hughes turns to the final years of the war and Nixon's
reelection bid of 1972 to expose the president's darkest
secret.Forty years after the fall of Saigon, and drawing on more
than a decade spent studying Nixon's secretly recorded Oval Office
tapes--the most comprehensive, accurate, and illuminating record of
any presidency in history, much of it never transcribed until now--
Fatal Politics tells a story of political manipulation and betrayal
that will change how Americans remember Vietnam.
Two hundred and fifty-five men earned the nation's highest award,
the Medal of Honor, during Vietnam; fourteen Airmen, fifty-seven
Marines, fifteen Sailors, and one hundred and seventy Soldiers. The
author is donating all profits he receives equally to the American
Legion, the Disabled America Veterans, and the Veterans of Foreign
Wars. Brian D. Blodgett, a professor of History and Military
History at the American Public University System (American Military
University and American Public University). He is a native of Ohio
and a retired U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer who served two tours
in the Republic of South Korea. Both tours were with the 2nd
Infantry Division, 1989-1990 as an Infantryman and 2003-2004 as an
Intelligence Analyst. He resides in Maryland.
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