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Anderson, Charles R. The Grunts
Berkley February 15, 1987 0425104036 / 9780425104033 Paperback
From the Publisher&newline;The 'grunts' are the line infantry, the men who actually fought the war in Vietnam. Who humped up one worthless hill after another, searching for an elusive enemy. Who were as likely to be killed by heat stroke or 'friendly fire' as Viet Cong. 5.0 Stars
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Anderson, Fred The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500-2000
Viking Adult December 29, 2004 0670033707 / 9780670033706 Hardcover
Editorial Reviews&newline;From Publishers Weekly&newline;It can't be any mystery that &doublequote;war and imperialism have powerfully influenced American development,&doublequote; as this book's authors say. But how powerfully did war and imperial ambition affect the U.S. when set against other factors? One wishes historians Anderson (author of the prize-winning Crucible of War) and Cayton (Frontier Indiana) had told us in this otherwise enterprising, readable work. Covering 500 years, they relate the nation's past through a narrative of colonists' and, later, citizens' determination to expand and secure by force their possessions. It's solid corrective history. Particularly appealing is the authors' organizing principle: they tell their tale through the lives and careers of such great military figures as George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Ulysses Grant, Douglas MacArthur and Colin Powell. The trouble is that by doing so, they often sacrifice analysis. They succeed in convincing us that wars and imperial expansion are fundamental impulses of the nation's history--arguably its central engine. But they overlook how those impulses may have grown out of the nation's immigrant origins, its democratic politics or its capitalist economy. That's too bad, because, in their telling, the U.S. looks a lot like other powerful nations, which may not be correct if these other, causative factors are taken into account. B&w photos, maps. &newline;Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From The Washington Post&newline;The very best histories not only elucidate the past but illuminate the present. Far and away the most important contribution to U.S. military history to appear since this nation emerged as the world's sole superpower, The Dominion of War meets and easily surpasses that demanding standard.&newline;&newline;Fred Anderson and Andrew Cayton are academics, professors of history at the University of Colorado at Boulder and Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, respectively. But their achievement here transcends mere scholarship. In slightly more than 400 pages of crisp, engaging prose, they perform a vital public service. Far more convincingly than the politicians, pundits and pollsters clogging the airways and expounding on the events of the day, Anderson and Cayton show how the United States worked itself into the predicament in which it now finds itself. To put it bluntly, here -- rather than in the abstruse writings of Leo Strauss, the maneuverings of Karl Rove or the machinations of Halliburton executives past and present -- is to be found the best explanation to date for how the Bush administration and its supporters persuaded themselves in the spring of 2003 that a preventive war to topple and democratize an oil-rich but decrepit dictatorship on the far side of the world was legitimate, necessary, eminently doable and a lofty expression of American idealism.&newline;&newline;At the center of that explanation lies an appreciation of the symbiotic relationship between liberty, expansion, empire and war, a relationship that Anderson and Cayton describe as central to the American story from the outset. Their own recounting of that story reinterprets the roles of eight individuals, starting with Samuel de Champlain at the beginning of the 17th century and culminating with Colin Powell at the end of the 20th, but focusing in particular on the heroic figures of George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant and Douglas MacArthur. Deftly sketching the life of each protagonist (and reflecting on the ironies inherent in that life), the authors stitch together an alternative narrative of American history from the beginning of European colonization almost to the present day.&newline;&newline;The result is revealing. Rejecting what they refer to as a &doublequote;passive-voice&doublequote; approach to U.S. history that depicts war as something thrust upon a peace-loving people, Anderson and Cayton show that Americans have, of their own volition, repeatedly opted for the sword, viewing it as a righteous response to those who threaten liberty itself by refusing to accommodate U.S. requirements for de 4.0 Stars
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Baker, Mark Nam
Berkley December 15, 1986 0425101444 / 9780425101445 Paperback
Annotation&newline;Based on more than 150 interviews with Vietnam verterans, this is the true story of America's bloody and muddled involvement in Vietnam. 4.5 Stars
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Blesse, Frederick C. Check Six
Ivy Books December 22, 1991 0804109273 / 9780804109277 Mass Market Paperback
Editorial Reviews&newline;Product Description&newline;The author of the classic No Guts, No Glory recounts his thirty years as a fighter pilot, from the changes he made in Korea to his dangerous Hanoi missions. Reprint. 4.0 Stars
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Bowden, Mark Black Hawk Down
Signet January 3, 2002 0451205146 / 9780451205148 Paperback
From Barnes & Noble&newline;Mark Bowden gives the reader an intense &doublequote;You Are There&doublequote; look at the October 1993 attempt by a U.S. Special Forces team to abduct two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord in Mogadishu, Somalia -- and shows how the mission turned into a bloodbath that would cost the lives of 18 American soldiers. Ultimately, the incident would lead to the infamous video footage of a soldier's body being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu. Bowden is careful to present both sides of the conflict, giving the reader all the information they need to fully understand the day's tragic events.&newline;&newline;From the Publisher&newline;From acclaimed director Ridley Scott and renowned producer Jerry Bruckheimer comes a riveting motion picture scripted by Ken Nolan as depicted in this bestselling audiobook by author Mark Bowden. Based on actual events, Black Hawk Down is the heroic account of a group of elite U.S. soldiers sent into Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993 as part of a U.N. peacekeeping operation. Their mission: to capture several top lieutenants of the Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid, as part of a strategy to quell the civil war and famine that is ravaging the country.&newline;&newline;Young Rangers and veteran Delta Force soldiers fight side by side against overwhelming odds. For eighteen harrowing hours, they remain trapped and wounded in the most hostile district of Mogadishu until a rescue convoy can be mounted to retrieve them. Outnumbered and surrounded, tensions flare, friends are lost, alliances are formed, and soldiers learn the true nature of war and heroism.&newline;&newline;&newline;New York Observer - Bob Shacochis&newline;...A descendent of books like The Killer Angels, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about the battle of Gettysburg, and We Were Soldiers Once...and Young, a best-selling eyewitness account of the Vietnam-era battle of Ia Drang; like those two, Black Hawk Down ranks among the best books ever written about infantry combat.&newline;&newline;Salon - Mark Schone&newline;&newline;&newline;One reason movies about war are so hot right now is that few American males have had to face the real thing. For a man who's never braved enemy fire, who's never been &doublequote;tested,&doublequote; The Thin Red Line and Saving Private Ryan can seem like parables of character. Would I, the ticket buyer wonders, be willing to die for a nameless hill or an unknown soldier?&newline;&newline;But the blood in these filmed battles is spilled for a larger cause, by men of every station. In real time, long after the last Good War, the dying hasn't stopped; now, though, it's done by blue-collar volunteers in morally muddy police actions. Never has the murk been more obscure than it was in Somalia on Oct. 3, 1993, when, in the American military's nastiest firefight since Vietnam, 19 soldiers died in the name of little more than one another. An incident that began with two downed helicopters ended with American casualties being dragged through the streets and American policymakers scrambling for the exit.&newline;&newline;Black Hawk Down re-creates, with exacting detail, the gory confusion of that day, when questions of heroism were far from cinematic. Mark Bowden's work ethic inspired him to track down 50 veterans of the conflict and bring back Mogadishu whole. He conveys the sound and the feel of killing - of what it's like to watch your bullets splash through a stranger and of the claustrophobic panic you feel when the strangers you are shooting at begin to close in. He established such trust with his subjects that they told him about everything from the banal (&doublequote;It felt like a movie&doublequote;) to the brutal (trying to plug a spurting artery with an index finger) to the embarrassing (masturbation in combat). We're reminded that these are young men with excess animal energy that surfaces in both violence and sex, that the flip side of valor is an evil carnal thrill. &doublequote;That was the secret core of all the hoo-ah ... esprit,&doublequote; Bowden writes. &doublequote;Permission ... to break the biggest social taboo of all. You killed people.&doublequote; &newline;&newline;Mogadishu has already inspired several books and documentaries, with another set for CNN in April. Spy planes and surveillance cameras made it one of history's best-documented ba 4.5 Stars
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Boyle, Jerome Apache Sunrise
Ballantine Books October 31, 1994 0804110697 / 9780804110693 Mass Market Paperback
From the Publisher&newline;Whether rescuing downed crews, flying fiery combat missions during the invasion of Cambodia, or being shot down himself, Cobra pilot Jerry Boyle saw war quickly turn from a scary game of bullets, rockets, and grenades to a terrifying race against death where just a split second could turn a scene of breathtaking beauty into one of sheer hell. A true story of courage and dedication by a real American hero. 4.5 Stars
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Brennan, Matthew Brennan's War: Vietnam 1965-1969: Brennan's War: Vietnam 1965-1969
Pocket November 3, 1989 0671705954 / 9780671705954 Paperback
Library Journal&newline;Tense combat action highlights this impressive memoir by a ``grown man of 20'' who volunteered for three tours in Vietnam. Bored with his initial duty at division headquarters, Private Brennan obtained reassignment to ``The Blues,'' a crack combat unit of the 1st Air Cavalry Division whose trademark was a blue bandanna tied around the neck. Soon Brennan was highly decorated for bravery, including the Silver and Bronze stars, and promoted first to sergeant and then to lieutenant. Despite these honors, Brennan's account of day-to-day operations is remarkably terse and understated, like an old-fashioned war novel. During his third tour Brennan observed firsthand the disintegration of morale and discipline after TET 1968. Highly recommended. Richard W. Grefrath, Univ. of Nevada Lib., Reno 5.0 Stars
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Butler, David Lusitania
Ballantine Books November 12, 1983 0345305140 / 9780345305145 Mass Market Paperback
Editorial Reviews&newline;Product Description&newline;8-page photo section 6 x 9 Unravels the mystery of the tragic event that drew the U.S. into World War I Provides rare first-person accounts from survivors of the disaster The sinking of the Lusitania has long been perceived as the reason the United States went to war in 1917. But according to Daniel Allen Butler, author of Unsinkable, the story is much more complex. Butler makes extensive use of primary accounts, letting the participants tell their stories in their own words. More than simply chronicling the events leading up the sinking, The Lusitania follows the rescue and fate of the people aboard her; recounts the inquiry after the sinking, led by none other than Lord Mersey of the Titanic inquiry fame; and explains why and how the sinking of the Lusitania by a German U-20 set the tone for the twentieth century's interpretation of &doublequote;total war.&doublequote; Daniel Allen Butler, the son of a former merchant marine seaman, is the author of Unsinkable: The Full Story of RMS Titanic (0-8117-1814-X). He currently resides in in Atlantic Beach, Florida. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. 4.0 Stars
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Caputo, Philip A Rumor of War
Ballantine Books January 12, 1987 0345331222 / 9780345331229 Mass Market Paperback
From Barnes & Noble&newline;&doublequote;This book is not a work of the imagination. The events related are true, the characters real, though I have used fictitious names in some places. I have tried to describe accurately what the dominant even in the life of my generation, the Vietnam War, was like for the men who fought in it.&doublequote; In 1965, Marine Lieutenant Philip Caputo began his three-year enlistment as a member of the first ground combat unit to fight in Vietnam. He returned from his tour of duty physically whole but emotionally shattered. A decade later, Caputo's A Rumor of War helped to end American indifference to its Vietnam veterans, becoming -- along with Tim O'Brien's Going after Cacciato and James Webb's Fields of Fire, a basic text on the Vietnam war.&newline;&newline;From the Publisher&newline;&newline;&newline;The classic Vietnam memoir, as relevant today as it was almost thirty years ago.&newline;&newline;&newline;In March of 1965, Marine Lieutenent Philip J. Caputo landed at Da Nang with the first ground combat unit deployed to Vietnam. Sixteen months later, having served on the line in one of modern history's ugliest wars, he returned home-physically whole but emotionally wasted, his youthful idealism forever gone. &newline;&newline;A Rumor of War is more than one soldier's story. Upon its publication in 1977, it shattered America's indifference to the fate of the men sent to fight in the jungles of Vietnam. In the years since then, it has become not only a basic text on the Vietnam War but also a renowned classic in the literature of wars throughout history and, as Caputo explains, of &doublequote;the things men do in war and the things war does to men.&doublequote; &newline;&newline;&doublequote;A singular and marvelous work.&doublequote; -The New York Times &newline;&newline;&newline;After serving in Vietnam, Philip Caputo worked at the Chicago Tribune, where he was part of a Pulitzer Prize-winning team of journalists covering election fraud. He went on to become a correspondent covering the Middle East and the Soviet Union. Caputo also has written six novels and a second volume of memoir. He divides his time between Connecticut and Arizona.&newline;&newline;&newline;When it first appeared, A Rumor of War brought home to American readers, with terrifying vividness and honesty, the devastating effects of the Vietnam War on the soldiers who fought there. And while it is a memoir of one young man's experiences and therefore deeply personal, it is also a book that speaks powerfully to today's students about the largerthemes of human conscience, good and evil, and the desperate extremes men are forced to confront in any war. &newline;&newline;A platoon commander in the first combat unit sent to fight in Vietnam, Lieutenant Caputo landed at Danang on March 8, 1965, convinced that American forces would win a quick and decisive victory over the Communists. Sixteen months later and without ceremony, Caputo left Vietnam a shell-shocked veteran whose youthful idealism and faith in the rightness of the war had been utterly shattered. A Rumor of War tells the story of that trajectory and allows us to see and feel the reality of the conflict as the author himself experienced it, from the weeks of tedium hacking through scorching jungles, to the sudden violence of ambushes and firefights, to the unbreakable bonds of friendship forged between soldiers, and finally to a sense of the war as having no purpose other than the fight for survival. The author gives us a precise, tactile view of both the emotional and physical reality of war. &newline;&newline;When Caputo is reassigned to headquarters as &doublequote;Officer in Charge of the Dead,&doublequote; he chronicles the psychological cost of witnessing and recording the human toll of the war. And after his voluntary transfer to the frontlines, Caputo shows us that the major weapons of guerrilla fighting are booby traps and land mines, and that success is measured not in feet but in body counts. Nor does the author shrink from admitting the intoxicating intensity of combat, an experience so compelling that many soldiers felt nostalgic for it years after they'd left Vietnam. Most troubling, Caputo gives us an unflinching view not only of remarkable bravery and heroism but also of the atrocities committed in Vietnam by ordinary men s 5.0 Stars
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Carter, Allene Honoring Sergeant Carter: Redeeming a Black World War II Hero's Legacy
New York Amistad January 21, 2003 0066212367 / 9780066212364 Hardcover
From Barnes & Noble&newline;In the waning months of World War II, General George Patton's army waded into the enemy's den. With casualties piling up on both sides, American armored divisions struggled hard for a decisive foothold. In the tumult, one soldier, a young African-American staff sergeant named Eddie Carter, seemed especially fearless. Crossing a battle-torn field, he was wounded five times. When eight German soldiers attempted to capture him, he killed six and captured the other two. Fifty-two years later, Sergeant Eddie Carter was finally awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously. This book introduces you to this brave soldier and explains why recognition was so long in coming.&newline;&newline;From the Publisher&newline;In the early months of 1945, the long and bitter struggle against Nazi Germany reached a decisive stage. Allied forces launched a massive assault on the Rhineland as they prepared to push into the heart of the Third Reich. With the heavy casualties suffered by white soldiers at the Battle of the Bulge, black soldiers, for the first time, played a major combat role. And Sergeant Eddie Carter was right in the thick of the battle, serving in the 12th Armored Division under Patton, as he fought to secure the Rhine and stop the Nazis in their tracks. With a zealous fearlessness, Carter single-handedly captured several Germans and secured reconnaissance that would be critical in capturing Speyer. His efforts would win him a Distinguished Service Cross. But it wasn't until fifty-two years later that Carter was awarded the Medal of Honor. Here is the untold story of why the American government not only withheld Carter's much due recognition but why they also denied him -- one of the most decorated black American soldiers in WWII -- the opportunity to reenlist. And here, too, is the inspiring story of the valiant Carter family -- from the moving courtship of Eddie and his wife, Mildred, to the family's unrelenting efforts to get the American government to apologize and own up to the racism and McCarthyism that fueled years of deceit and bigotry.&newline;&newline;Publishers Weekly&newline;In 1936, Eddie Carter joined the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain, fighting in defense of the Republic. Following Franco's victory, Carter returned to America, married then volunteered when Pearl Harbor was bombed. His transportation unit finally went to Europe in 1944. When the front line ran short of white soldiers, the army asked black soldiers to volunteer for combat duty. Already a sergeant, Eddie volunteered, but was reduced in rank so he would be unable to command white troops. Attached to the 12th Armored Division, Carter entered combat at the German town of Speyer. When German resistance stiffened and endangered a race to secure a Rhine crossing, Carter singlehandedly wiped out enemy machine gun and mortar positions and took two prisoners, at the expense of being wounded many times. After the war, Carter was denied reenlistment privileges in the army, then dropped from the California National Guard. Why? His daughter-in-law Allene, using expert sleuthing skills, circumvented army stonewalling and eventually found that Carter had once innocently attended a postwar victory dinner that had been hosted by a Communist-affiliated society. He was spied on and secret files compiled. No black soldiers received Medals of Honor for their heroism in WWII, and in 1997 Pres. Bill Clinton awarded a Medal of Honor to Eddie's son Edward III (Eddie had died in 1963). The army later apologized, and Eddie's National Guard file was corrected. Sergeant Carter himself was saddened over his shoddy treatment when he had been wounded fighting for ideals that were denied to a significant segment of America's people. Allene's dogged determination to uncover the truth and correct the record is a proud testament to her background as a union activist. (Jan.) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.&newline;&newline;Kirkus Reviews&newline;A well-grounded expose of the official racism that for more than half a century denied due honor to a combat hero, as told by his daughter-in-law and historian Allen (The Port Chicag 4.5 Stars
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Chambers, Larry Recondo: LRRPs in the 101st Airborne
New York Ballantine Books June 22, 1992 0804108439 / 9780804108430 Mass Market Paperback
From the Publisher&newline;&newline;&newline;Author Larry Chambers vividly describes the guts and courage it took to pass the though volunteer-only training program in Nha Tarng to be part of the 5th Special Forces Recondo School, the hair-raising graduation mission to scout out, locate, and out-guerilla the NVA. Here is an unforgettable account that follows Chambers and the Rangers every step of the way-from joining, going through Recondo, and finally leading his own team on white-knuckle missions through the jungle hell of Vietnam. 5.0 Stars
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Coleman, J. D. Pleiku
St Martins Mass Market Paper February 1989 0312914687 / 9780312914684 Paperback
Annotation&newline;They were the first air assault division in the history of the U.S. Army. Their job was to test the innovative air-mobile concept and break the Army's dependence on surface transport. This is their story, told by a man who was there, at America's first victory against the Vietnamese. Martin's. 4.5 Stars
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Dickens, Peter SAS: Secret War In South-East Asia
Ballantine Books July 20, 1992 0804108331 / 9780804108331 Mass Market Paperback
From the Publisher&newline;From 1963 to 1966 Britain successfully waged a secret war to keep the Federation of Malaysia free from domination by Soekarno's Indonesia and by Chinese Communists. At the forefront of this campaign was the SAS, Special Air Service, an elite branch of the military whose essence is secrecy and whose tools are bold initiative, surprise, and high skill.&newline;&newline;Working in four-man patrols, the SAS teams first made friends with the head-hunting border tribes and even trained some of them as an irregular military force. As the conflict continued, SAS teams went beyond the borders into Indonesia, where they tracked clown enemy camps, fired on supply mutes, staged ambushes, and attacked the soldiers in their riverboats.&newline;&newline;By talking to those who were there, Peter Dickens has recreated what it was really like to fight in the jungles of Malaysia. He also captures the bravery and relentless pursuit of excellence that make the SAS the elite and prestigious regiment it is. 3.0 Stars
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Dockery, Kevin Free Fire Zones: Seal Missions
HarperTorch October 3, 2000 0380808269 / 9780380808267 Mass Market Paperback
From the Publisher&newline;The U.S. Navy SEALs came to Vietnam to fight a new kind of war. They went home legends in the military annals of our nation. The truth is as astonishing as the myth. In a war shaped and shackled by politicians and C.I.A. &doublequote;spooks&doublequote;-in a fierce conflict rendered unwinnable by lies, miscommunication, and misconception-what the U.S. Navy SEALs accomplished was remarkable. In eight explosive years of combat in the jungles of Southeast Asia, they redrew battlelines and rewrote the rules of engagement. And in the midst of the chaos and indecision that doomed America's war efforts, no other branch of the Special Forces could compete with the SEALs' record of successful operations and engagements with the enemy.&newline;&newline;Based on newly declassified information and interviews with the men who pulled the triggers, Free Fire Zones takes the reader inside some of the greatest SEAL missions in Vietnam and reveals how and why these legendary warriors beat the odds again and again. Gripping, fascinating, and authentic, here are the deployments and the detachments, the methods and the means, and the breathtaking firefights that indisputably prove that, when it comes to the exploits of the SEALs in Vietnam, the facts are far more incredible than the fiction. 3.5 Stars
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Donahue, James C. Mobile Guerrilla Force: With The Special Forces In War Zone D
St. Martin's Paperbacks April 15, 1997 0312961642 / 9780312961640 Mass Market Paperback
From the Publisher&newline;Battered and depleted by the Vietcong guerrillas' sadistic style of warfare, allied intelligence unleashed their secret weapon: an experimental Army Special Forces unit that the government brass didn't know existed. They used the enemy's booby-trapped trails and grenade-in-your-backpack tactics in a sprawling mass of jungle.&newline;&newline;James C. Donahue, a member of Operation Blackjack-31, chronicles the treacherous trek through War Zone D by thirteen handpicked Green Berets who infiltrated the VC's &doublequote;secret zone&doublequote; and proved just how far determination can go.&newline;&newline;What People Are Saying&newline;David Christian&newline;Donahue has captured the sight, scent, and emotions of the ultimate unconventional soldier in this highly accurate account of the guerrilla fighter in Vietnam.&newline;&newline;&newline;Allen Kent&newline;Jim Donahue tells it like it was. Mobile Guerrilla Force is an outstanding book. A must read for Vietnam vets. 5.0 Stars
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Dooley, George Battle for the Central Highlands: A Special Forces Story
New York Ballantine Books September 5, 2000 0804119392 / 9780804119399 Mass Market Paperback
From the Publisher&newline;THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS--WHERE DANGER REIGNED SUPREME AND DEATH WAS A CONSTANT COMPANION&newline;&newline;The fighting was fierce in the Central Highlands where Green Beret George Dooley served with elite Special Forces A-teams, training the rugged Montagnards in guerrilla warfare and accompanying them on patrols. The Viet Cong and NVA were entrenched in the sparsely populated Highlands, where towering mountains gave them the ruthless upper hand.&newline;&newline;The missions Dooley led, often in enemy territory, provided a steady diet of sniping, ambushes, booby traps, and mines. As the war escalated, Dooley commanded his own A-team, and the battles against the large numbers of crack NVA troops became even more desperate and deadly. By then military command routinely assigned anything-but-routine missions to Special Forces and expected them to meet their objectives. BATTLE FOR THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS details the unbelievable valor of these legendary American warriors. . . . 3.5 Stars
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Downs Jr., Frederick The Killing Zone: My Life in the Vietnam War
W. W. Norton & Company February 17, 2007 0393310892 / 9780393310894 Paperback
From the Publisher&newline;Among the best books ever written about men in combat, The Killing Zone tells the story of the platoon of Delta One-six, capturing what it meant to face lethal danger, to follow orders, and to search for the conviction and then the hope that this war was worth the sacrifice. The book includes a new chapter on what happened to the platoon members when they came home. 4.5 Stars
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Elkins, Frank The Heart of a Man
Dell April 5, 1992 0440212081 / 9780440212089 Mass Market Paperback
Booknews&newline;Papers of the May, 1986 meeting, Boston, Mass. Lt. Elkins' personal diary, sent to his wife when he was shot down in 1966, chronicles the early air war and everyday life aboard an aircraft carrier, as well as Elkins' own coming to terms with war, fear, and death. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) 5.0 Stars
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