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4%OFFAndrew Wiest - The Boys of ’67: Charlie Company’s War in Vietnam - 9781472803337 - V9781472803337
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The Boys of ’67: Charlie Company’s War in Vietnam

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Description for The Boys of ’67: Charlie Company’s War in Vietnam Paperback. In the spring of 1966, while the war in Vietnam was still popular, the US military decided to reactivate the 9th Infantry Division as part of the military build-up. This title tells the story of young draftees who had done everything that their nation had asked of them and had received so little in return - lost faces of a distant war. Num Pages: 472 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBWS2; JWD; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 440.
Following on from the stunning success of the novel Matterhorn as well as Osprey’s own Tonight We Die as Men, this book follows the trials and tribulations of a group of Vietnam draftees from basic training to the rice paddies of Vietnam. In the spring of 1966 the Vietnam War was intensifying, driven by the US military build up, under which the 9th Infantry Division was reactivated. Charlie Company was part of the 9th and representative of the melting pot of America. But, unlike the vast majority of other companies in the US Army, the men of Charlie Company ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
472
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472803337
SKU
V9781472803337
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About Andrew Wiest
Dr Andrew Wiest is Professor of History at the University of Southern Mississippi and is also the founding director of the Center for the Study of War and Society. After attending the University of Southern Mississippi for his undergraduate and masters degrees, Dr Wiest went on to receive his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Chicago in 1990. Specializing in ... Read more

Reviews for The Boys of ’67: Charlie Company’s War in Vietnam
"Thoughtful and richly detailed, this outstanding account ... takes us into the forbidding Mekong River Delta with the men of Charlie Company, to witness their harrowing firefights and their fleeting victories." Hugh Ambrose, author of The Pacific "compelling... a fine blend of military and social history, sympathetic, well-written but analytically rigorous." Professor Gary Sheffield, BBC History Magazine Best Books of ... Read more

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