Working-Class War American Combat Soldiers and Vietnam

Name: Working-Class War American Combat Soldiers and Vietnam
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ISBN: 9780807843918

ISBN-10: 0807843911

ISBN-13: 9780807843918

Edition: 1993

Authors: Christian G. Appy

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No one can understand the complete tragedy of the American experience in Vietnam without reading this book. Nothing so underscores the ambivalence and confusion of the American commitment as does the composition of our fighting forces. The rich and the powerful may have supported the war initially, but they contributed little of themselves. That responsibility fell to the poor and the working class of America. Senator George McGovern

Book details

List price: $42.50
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 2/26/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 378
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.84" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Christian G. Appy is professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is author of Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered from All Sides.



Acknowledgments


Introduction Facing the Wall



Working-Class War



Life before the Nam



Basic Training



Ominous Beginnings



The Terms of Battle



Drawing Fire and Laying Waste



A War for Nothing



What Are We Becoming?



Am I Right or Wrong?


Notes


Bibliography


Index