The Bridges of Vietnam
Subtitle: From the Journals of a U. S. Marine Intelligence Officer
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: August 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9781574411232
Subjects: American history: Vietnam War; Military intelligence; Other prose: from c 1900 -; War & defence operations; c 1960 to c 1970; Marine Corps; History; History - Military / War; United States; History: World; USA; Vietnam; Military - Vietnam War; Edwards, Fred; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975; Biography; Diaries; Personal narratives, American; United States; Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Description: "This book is built around Fred L. Edwards, Jr.'s journals, sent home during his first tour in Vietnam in 1966-67. His own research fits his individual experiences into a larger context, through Postscripts, extensive notes, and a comprehensive historical Chronology. The book is formatted so that the reader can move easily between the events in Vietnam in 1967-68 and the broader context as revealed through later research.

The reader can thus move between Edwards' personal experiences in Vietnam and the larger historical forces that sent him there. As a piece of the puzzle of Vietnam, this book holds great significance to those who were there and for students of that war."--BOOK JACKET.