Then A Soldier - Couverture souple

Kurtz, Richard G

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1629670626 ISBN 13 : 9781629670621

Editeur : Wise Media Group, 2016

Synopsis

Then A Soldier is the memoir of a Jewish boy from the Bronx who chose the Army as a career and how and why this happened despite the prevailing cultural and sociological norms that this was not a proper pursuit for Jewish youth. The book describes a time in American society that no longer exists—when ancestry and religion could determine what school you attended, the zip codes in which you could live, and, to an ex tent, the professions you could enter. The book explains how these influences and a growing awareness of the history of the Holocaust combined to encourage the author’s entry to ROTC in college and, from there, the decision to make the Army a career. The book describes his initial training, duty assignments, and volunteering for a combat assignment in Vietnam. The author includes a concise review of the events that led to our involvement in Vietnam, describes three battles he fought, and analyzes these battles in terms of what went right and what went wrong. Then A Soldier is the story of the most important year of the author’s life—a year in combat in which he discovers that he is an Everyman-soldier, able to function under fire and lead men. It is the story of a young man testing himself and finding a new dimension of his makeup.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Richard Gary Kurtz was born in 1942 in New York City and became a career Army officer through the ROTC program at the City College of New York (CCNY). He served thirty years in the US Army, retiring as a Colonel. Almost ten of those years were spent overseas, including two years in Vietnam with the 1st Infantry and 101st Airborne Divisions, where he was wounded in action and decorated for valor. He was later a battalion and brigade commander, and served two tours as a Pentagon staff officer. After retiring from the Army, he worked for 17 years as a contractor for the US Missile Defense Agency. He is currently a consultant to the US Army Europe for missile defense issues. Mr. Kurtz has a BS from CCNY and a MS from the University of Texas at El Paso. His hobbies include hiking, fly fishing, guitar, and weight training. He lives with his wife, Carol, in Alexandria, Virginia. They have three children and seven grandchildren.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wise Media Group
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1629670626
• ISBN 13: 9781629670621
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 308
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