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Brothers in Arms : A Journey from War to Peace / William Broyles.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Southwestern Writers Collection Series, Wittliff Collections at Texas State UniversityPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2010]Copyright date: ©1996Description: 1 online resource (300 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780292799479
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 959.704/38 20
LOC classification:
  • DS556.39 .B76 1996eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION -- PROLOGUE: 1969 -- 1. Why Go Back? -- 2. Morning in Hanoi -- 3. "I Am Not a Russian" -- 4. MIAs and the Swedish Disco -- 5. Dragons from the Sky -- 6. The Targets of Nam Dinh -- 7. Phat Diem: "Everyone Did It" -- 8. Marching Off to War -- 9. Talking with Generals -- 10 Tan Trao—Where It All Began -- 11. Diplomatic Misunderstandings -- 12. Ghosts in the Zoo -- 13. American Boys -- 14. All Quiet at the DMZ -- 15. An Argument in Hue -- 16. The Girl at Marble Mountain -- 17. "Number One!" -- 18. The Best Weapon -- 19. My Enemy, My Self -- 20. The Road to Hill 10 -- 21. The Same Saigon -- 22. Boats Along the Mekong -- 23. Dancing in the Dark -- 24. A My Lai Survivor and the White Viet Cong -- 25. At the End of the Tunnel -- EPILOGUE -- ESSAY ON SOURCES
Summary: Reviews of the Knopf edition: "A wonderful book—fresh and intelligent. Broyles's eye for Vietnam, then and now, is unerring." —Peter Jennings "[A] superbly written, often moving story of Broyles' journey back to the killing ground in Vietnam where he once served as a Marine lieutenant. A cool, clear meditation that stings the heart." —Kirkus Reviews "A first-rate piece of work, infused with an ideal American common decency and common sense." —Kurt Vonnegut "Exceptional and memorable." —Gay Talese

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION -- PROLOGUE: 1969 -- 1. Why Go Back? -- 2. Morning in Hanoi -- 3. "I Am Not a Russian" -- 4. MIAs and the Swedish Disco -- 5. Dragons from the Sky -- 6. The Targets of Nam Dinh -- 7. Phat Diem: "Everyone Did It" -- 8. Marching Off to War -- 9. Talking with Generals -- 10 Tan Trao—Where It All Began -- 11. Diplomatic Misunderstandings -- 12. Ghosts in the Zoo -- 13. American Boys -- 14. All Quiet at the DMZ -- 15. An Argument in Hue -- 16. The Girl at Marble Mountain -- 17. "Number One!" -- 18. The Best Weapon -- 19. My Enemy, My Self -- 20. The Road to Hill 10 -- 21. The Same Saigon -- 22. Boats Along the Mekong -- 23. Dancing in the Dark -- 24. A My Lai Survivor and the White Viet Cong -- 25. At the End of the Tunnel -- EPILOGUE -- ESSAY ON SOURCES

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Reviews of the Knopf edition: "A wonderful book—fresh and intelligent. Broyles's eye for Vietnam, then and now, is unerring." —Peter Jennings "[A] superbly written, often moving story of Broyles' journey back to the killing ground in Vietnam where he once served as a Marine lieutenant. A cool, clear meditation that stings the heart." —Kirkus Reviews "A first-rate piece of work, infused with an ideal American common decency and common sense." —Kurt Vonnegut "Exceptional and memorable." —Gay Talese

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