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Writing the War: My Ten Months in the Jungles, Streets and Paddies of South Vietnam, 1968 - Couverture souple

Atkins, Stephen E.

 
9780786442720: Writing the War: My Ten Months in the Jungles, Streets and Paddies of South Vietnam, 1968
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0786442727 ISBN 13 : 9780786442720
Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2010

Synopsis

The author of this Vietnam War memoir was drafted in November 1966 just before completion of his Ph.D. work in French history and entered the army, age 26, in February 1967. He arrived in Vietnam in April 1968.

Serving as both pointman and sniper, he experienced six weeks of frontline duty, averaging a firefight each week with heavy casualties. With his advanced degree and a $2.50 case of beer for a bribe, he then transferred to the 19th Military History Detachment and spent the remainder of his tour of duty traveling the Mekong Delta, Plain of Reeds, and areas near Saigon. His memoir is the result of a tour of intense fighting, careful documentation, and an illicit diary.

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À propos de l'auteur

Stephen E. Atkins is a librarian and historian curator for French Collections in Cushing Library at Texas A&M University Libraries.

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Éditeur
McFarland & Co Inc
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0786442727
ISBN 13 
9780786442720
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
223
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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