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No Shining Armour
Otto J. Lehrack
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Paperback. An account of the Vietnam War, as seen by the American PFCs, sergeants and platoon leaders in the rivers and jungles and trenches. Into their stories, Lehrack has woven a narrative that explains the events they describe and places them into both a historical and a political context. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 400 pages, 35 photographs. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BG; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; JWD; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 586.
An account of the Vietnam War, as seen by the American PFCs, sergeants and platoon leaders in the rivers and jungles and trenches. Into their stories, Lehrack has woven a narrative that explains the events they describe and places them into both a historical and a political context. The book tells the story of teenagers leading squads of men into the jungle on night missions, the story of boredom, confusion, and equipment shortages, of friends suddenly blown away, of disappointing homecomings. It is also the story of young men placed under unbearable strain and asked to do the impossible, who ... Read more
An account of the Vietnam War, as seen by the American PFCs, sergeants and platoon leaders in the rivers and jungles and trenches. Into their stories, Lehrack has woven a narrative that explains the events they describe and places them into both a historical and a political context. The book tells the story of teenagers leading squads of men into the jungle on night missions, the story of boredom, confusion, and equipment shortages, of friends suddenly blown away, of disappointing homecomings. It is also the story of young men placed under unbearable strain and asked to do the impossible, who ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Series
Modern War Studies
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700605347
SKU
V9780700605347
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99-99
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