America's Killing Fields: Free Fire Zones PRIVILEGED MYLES JACOBSON JR., CHOOSES THE DRAFT, BONDING WITH THE CHILDREN OF THE WORKING POOR - Couverture souple

AUGHTRY, JERRY DAVIS

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1520660766 ISBN 13 : 9781520660769

Editeur : Independently published, 2017

Synopsis

Jerry Davis Aughtry's novel portrays a young, privileged American who chooses to be drafted. He could have followed the lead of his friends and gone to med school or law school, easily avoiding the draft. But, for his entire adult life he has seen Vietnam on TV, knew it was in his psychic. Why should he avoid serving just because he could. His political astute parents cannot understand their son. He is drafted and is sent to Vietnam. as a combat soldier, Myles Jacobson, Jr., excels while at the same time is disillusioned as he bonds with America's lower class who always fight our wars. Jacobson's frustration begins when he sees and has to participate in "Free Fire Zones" allowing for the killing of innocent civilians. His angst continues when he sees how his fellow soldiers are fighting and dying in a war while his upper class friends back home are living a carefree life. Rich battle scenes and humorous banter among soldiers permeate this story. This book has explicit language to authenticate how soldiers really talk in an all-male environment. Some might be offended and for that we apologize. A couple of romantic scenes also make up the book. This is fiction war is hell. Young Myles Jacobson is changed by war. He questions his decision and wonders if what he has chosen is worth it. He knows that the war is a sham but realizes that he must get through it for himself and for the soldiers that are depending on him. His leadership is recognized and he moves up in rank, finally becoming a First Lieutenant and takes on the most difficult job at war. The platoon leader of the Reconnaissance Platoon whose very mission is to search out the enemy and draw fire. It is a job where the Lieutenant and his men must face enormous odds that are often life and death. During a period of a lull in fighting, Jack travels to the Hospital Ship Repose to see one of his men, a fellow Lieutenant who was severely wounded. Jacobson meets a beautiful nurse and proves to be a renaissance man. The entire Vietnam experience is embodied in Lieutenant Jacobson and his soldiers. As happens in war, those like Jacobson and his Reconnaissance Platoon are sacrificed on the whims of higher commanders who see a grand scheme of war but without experiencing the drudgery and fear and death all to often reality. There's no one to say, "what about the soldiers? What about those left at home. The sweethearts, the moms and dads, the brothers and sisters. Those who are waiting on the mail, the signs that a loved one is still with us that this will end one of these days." The politicians and presidents send the young troops to war, without counting the costs. Who sent us to war? The country sent us to war. What are we fighting for: ground, besting an enemy, cowering those before our might. What do we gain. How about the 58 thousand plus who forfeited their lives? Their chance to be parents, to have careers involved in a war that we barely understand. When it is all over, are we better off? Are they? Are we preparing for the next war. Are we safer, happier: what, anything, nothing, something. Lieutenant Jacobson is the kind of leader we want, we need. We are lucky to have him. Will he be sacrificed to the" god of war." Will his loved ones, his parents, his mother who opposes the war, survive. Will those who support it be happier, have a peace of knowing they did the right thing. I doubt it. Jake, as my my poet buddy, Phil Woodall was fond of saying, "they may have died in vain but they lived in honor.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1520660766
• ISBN 13: 9781520660769
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 428
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible