Tell It to the Dead Memories of a War

Name: Tell It to the Dead Memories of a War
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ISBN: 9781563247187

ISBN-10: 1563247186

ISBN-13: 9781563247187

Edition: 2nd 1996 (Revised)

Authors: Donald Kirk, Arthur J. Dommen

List price: $52.95

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Foreign Affairs called the first edition of Tell It to the Dead a searing, skeptical look at the Vietnam war as seen by the GI in the jungles and this edition enlarges on that theme with reports on current attitudes, views from Saigon, Hanoi and Phnom Penh, and various locales in the countryside. This book describes scenes of suffering caused by the war in numerous villages and and the attitudes and hardships endured by participants -- Cambodian and South Vietnamese as well as American forces--from Danang and Hue to Phnom Penh and Saigon. Tell It to the Dead includes chapters on the outlook of black GIs, the efforts of Canadian peacekeepers, a corrupt Cambodian general, the impact of the…

Book details

List price: $52.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 2/28/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 250
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Map


Foreword


Preface


"We Must Accept"


"Too Dangerous to Talk"


Seat of Revolution


Cities Between


"Kill One... Kill Them All"


"Peace Is at Hand"


"We're Here to Win"


"The Whole Thing's Pointless"


"John Wayne Would Have Dug It"


"Such a Nice Man"


A Prince's "Oasis"


La Guerre Populaire


"Now the VC Can Go Anywhere"


"Just Observers"


"Back in the World"


Epilogue


Glossary


Index


About the Author