Backfire
Subtitle: A History of How American Culture Led Us into Vietnam and Made Us Fight the Way We Did
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: June 3, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780801859533
Subjects: American history: Second World War; Asian / Middle Eastern history: Second World War; Cultural studies; War & defence operations; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; History: American; U.S. History - Vietnam Conflict (1965-1973); History; History - General History; United States - 20th Century; USA; Vietnam; Military - Vietnam War; Asia - Southeast Asia; History & Theory - General; History / United States / General; Civilization; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975; 1945-; United States
First sentence: In 1972, while worshiping in a temple near an American air base, Colonel Chuc sank into a trance and received a battle plan and a magical sword from the spirit of the Vietnamese general who defeated Kublai Khan's Mongols seven hundred years earlier.