| Writing the War: My Ten Months in the Jungles, Streets and Paddies of South Vietnam, 1968 Contributor(s): Atkins, Stephen E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786442727 ISBN-13: 9780786442720 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Military - History | Military - Vietnam War |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2009046149 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.65 lbs) 223 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The author of this Vietnam War memoir was drafted in November 1966 just before completion of his Ph.D. work in French history and entered the army, age 26, in February 1967. He arrived in Vietnam in April 1968. Serving as both pointman and sniper, he experienced six weeks of frontline duty, averaging a firefight each week with heavy casualties. With his advanced degree and a $2.50 case of beer for a bribe, he then transferred to the 19th Military History Detachment and spent the remainder of his tour of duty traveling the Mekong Delta, Plain of Reeds, and areas near Saigon. His memoir is the result of a tour of intense fighting, careful documentation, and an illicit diary. |