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 somehow stretched to meet the demands placed upon them.
| ISBN: | 9780700605347 |
| Publication date: | 30th June 1992 |
| Author: | Otto J. Lehrack |
| Publisher: | University Press of Kansas |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 400 pages |
| Series: | Modern War Studies |
| Genres: |
War and defence operations Asian history History and Archaeology Land forces and warfare Biography: general History of the Americas |