Vietnam
Subtitle: a view from the front lines
By: Andrew Wiest
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9781472807694
Subjects: American Personal narratives; Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Description: Vietnam: A View from the Frontline traces the American experience of Vietnam from the war's popular inception to its morale-crushing and bitter conclusion. Vietnam features a grunt's-eye view of the conflict - from the steaming rice paddies and swamps of the Mekong Delta, to the triple-canopy rainforest of the Central Highlands, to the forlorn Marine bases that dotted the DMZ. Like Karl Marlantes' groundbreaking novel 2010, Mattherhorn, this book will change the way we think about Vietnam. Told in uncompromising, no-holds barred language of the soldiers themselves, the stories contained within this book detail everything from heroism to fragging, from helicopters hitting the LZs to rampant drug use. It is a true and grippingly accurate portrait of the American war in Vietnam through the eyes of the men and women who fought in that far away land while a few are drawn from medics, corpsmen, nurses and widows. The book is based on rich collections housed at the National Archive, the Center of Military History, and at the Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech.
Notes: "First published in Great Britain in 2013 by Osprey Publishing"--Title page verso.

Includes "exclusive extract from "The Boys of '67"--pages 293-302.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-290) and index.
Table of contents: title: Who we were; title: Drop and give me 20; title: Welcome to Vietnam; title: Life and death in the Nam; title: Combat; title: Loss; title: A world of hurt; title: Changing attitudes; title: Freedom bird; title: Life after Nam.