“In 1968, at the age of 22, Karl Marlantes abandoned his Oxford University scholarship to sign up for active service with the US Marine Corps in Vietnam. Pitched into a war that had no defined military objective other than...
“They say that the history of Vietnam can be found in a bowl of pho, and from his handcart- kitchen, Old Man Hu’ng makes the best in all Hanoi. But a striking young Vietnamese-American woman – Maggie Ly –...
They each had their reasons for being a soldier. They each had their illusions. Goodrich came from Harvard. Snake got the tattoo – Death Before Dishonor – before he got the uniform. And Hodges was haunted by the ghosts...
From Hanoi to Saigon, a tale of one woman’s search for a better life – and a thriller that strikes to the merciless heart of post-civil war Vietnam. In the chaos and corruption of 1980s’ Vietnam, three seemingly unconnected...
Most of us have experienced the Vietnam War through TV – fires, bombings, B-52s. This book vividly takes you to the Vietnamese villages of Vietnam. He describes the people involved in the conflict, mostly North & South Vietnamese and...
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