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The 13th Valley

Publisher : Warriors Publishing Group via PublishDrive
Release Date : 2012-07-04
ISBN 13:
Page : 586 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 ( users)

Download PDF or read online The 13th Valley Book by John M. Del Vecchio and published by Warriors Publishing Group via PublishDrive. This book was released on 2012-07-04 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : A work that has served as a literary cornerstone for the Vietnam generation, The 13th Valley follows the strange and terrifying Vietnam combat experiences of James Chelini, a telephone-systems installer who finds himself an infantryman in territory controlled by the North Vietnamese Army. Spiraling deeper and deeper into a world of conflict and darkness, this harrowing account of Chelini's plunge and immersion into jungle warfare traces his evolution from a semipacifist to an all-out warmonger. The seminal novel on the Vietnam experience, The 13th Valley is a classic that illuminates the war in Southeast Asia like no other book.

Vietnam Anthology

by Nancy Anisfield

Publisher : Popular Press
Release Date : 1987
ISBN 13: 9780879723965
Page : 164 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (63 users)

Download PDF or read online Vietnam Anthology Book by Nancy Anisfield and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : Novel excerpts include: Robert Stone's Dog Soldiers, David Halberstam's One Very Hot Day, and Jeff Danziger's Lieutenant Kitt. Short stories include Asa Baber's "The Ambush," Tobias Wolff's "Wingfield," and Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried." Drama excerpts include David Rabe's Streamers and Lanford Wilson's The 5th of July. Poets include: Denise Levertov, Jan Barry, E. D. Ehrhart, Basil T. Paquet, Stephen Sossaman, Bryan Alec Floyd, Bruce Weigl, and Trang Thi Nga.

The Vietnam Experience

by Kevin Hillstrom

Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
Release Date : 1998
ISBN 13: 9780313301834
Page : 342 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (32 users)

Download PDF or read online The Vietnam Experience Book by Kevin Hillstrom and published by Greenwood Publishing Group. This book was released on 1998 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : A collection of essays that discuss the literary works that helped chronicle America's involvement in the Vietnam War; includes information on what inspired the work, plot summaries, and critical essays on the work.

Review of the 13th Valley by John Del Vecchio

by Richard Sutor

Publisher :
Release Date : 1982*
ISBN 13:
Page : 4 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (754 users)

Download PDF or read online Review of the 13th Valley by John Del Vecchio Book by Richard Sutor and published by . This book was released on 1982* with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis :

The 13th Valley

by John M. Del Vecchio

Publisher :
Release Date : 1983
ISBN 13: 9780553235609
Page : 692 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (5 users)

Download PDF or read online The 13th Valley Book by John M. Del Vecchio and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : During twelve watershed, soul-shuddering days in an isolated Vietnamese valley near the Loatian border, the men of an American airborne infantry company learn the reality of war and the prices of survival.

Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-Century British and American War Literature

by Adam Piette

Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2012-03-07
ISBN 13: 0748653910
Page : 592 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (539 users)

Download PDF or read online Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-Century British and American War Literature Book by Adam Piette and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-07 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : The first reference to literary and cultural representations of war in 20th-century English & US literature and film.Covering the two World Wars, the Spanish Civil War, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, the Troubles in Northern Ireland and the War on Terror, this Companion reveals the influence of modern wars on the imagination.These newly researched and innovative essays connect ’high’ literary studies to the engagement of film and theatre with warfare, extensively covers the literary and cultural evaluation of the technologies of war and open the literary field to genre fiction.Divided into 5 sections: 20th-Century Wars and Their Literatures; Bodies, Behaviours, Cultures; The Cultural Impact of the Technologies of Modern War; The Spaces of Modern War & Genres of War Culture.Key Features: * All-new original essays commissioned from major critics and cultural historians.* Reflects the way war studies are currently being taught and researched: in the volume’s approach, structure and breadth of coverage.* For scholars: core arguments and detailed research topics.* For students: Historically grounded topic- and genre-based essays, useful forstudying the modern period and war modules.

Walking Point

by Thomas Myers

Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1988
ISBN 13: 0195053516
Page : 267 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (535 users)

Download PDF or read online Walking Point Book by Thomas Myers and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1988 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : An assessment of the most important novels and memoirs written by Americans about Vietnam, considered under the headings of realism, the classical memoir, black humour, revised romanticism. and mnemonic narrative.

Sit Down Comedy: A Guide for Writing and Living

by Bret Swanson

Publisher : Lulu Press, Inc
Release Date : 2016-08-01
ISBN 13: 136527344X
Page : pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (734 users)

Download PDF or read online Sit Down Comedy: A Guide for Writing and Living Book by Bret Swanson and published by Lulu Press, Inc. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : Sit Down Comedy is a personal and informal “text” written to help students and instructors with the basics of rhetorical and written discourse. It is my desire that the book be entertaining, accessible, and educational.

The Vietnam War Trilogy

by John M. Del Vecchio

Publisher : Warriors Publishing Group
Release Date : 2017-02-27
ISBN 13:
Page : 1879 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 ( users)

Download PDF or read online The Vietnam War Trilogy Book by John M. Del Vecchio and published by Warriors Publishing Group. This book was released on 2017-02-27 with total page 1879 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : Three classic novels by John M. Del Vecchio about Vietnam, Cambodia, and the aftermath of war. A classic combat novel and National Book Award finalist, The 13th Valley follows the terrifying Vietnam combat experiences of James Chelini, a telephone-systems installer who finds himself an infantryman in the North Vietnamese Army–infested mountains of the I Corps Tactical Zone. Spiraling deeper and deeper into a world of conflict and darkness, this harrowing account plunges Chelini into jungle warfare and traces his evolution from semi-pacifist to all-out, combat-crazed soldier. The seminal novel on the Vietnam experience, The 13th Valley is a classic that illuminates the war in Southeast Asia like no other book. Some reviewers have called For the Sake of All Living Things the most terrifying book they have ever read. This saga follows a rural Cambodian family—father Chhoun; his beautiful daughter, Vathana; and his young son, Samnang, who becomes the Khmer Rouge yothea Met Nang—from the mid-sixties through the escalation of the civil war, into the horrors of the holocaust, and finally to the country’s quest for rebirth. Documenting their story is American Special Forces Captain John Sullivan who served with the Military Equipment Delivery Team, and who has fallen in love with Vathana. Carry Me Home brings the troops back to America—a nation confused and divided by the wars in Southeast Asia. In this poignant epic, Del Vecchio transports a group of soldiers to their final battlefield: the home front. High Meadow Farm, in the fertile hill country of central Pennsylvania, becomes their salvation. In Vietnam they had been brothers in arms. Now, in the face of personal tragedy and bureaucratic deception, they create an even deeper allegiance—one of the spirit and of the land. This is the remarkable story of the veterans’ struggle to find one another and themselves. In its scope, breadth, and brilliance, Carry Me Home is much more than a novel about Vietnam vets; it is a testament to history and hope, to hometowns and homecomings, to love and loss, and to faith and family. It is an inspiring and unforgettable novel about America itself.

The Wars We Took to Vietnam

by Milton J. Bates

Publisher : Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1996-11
ISBN 13: 0520204336
Page : 339 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (43 users)

Download PDF or read online The Wars We Took to Vietnam Book by Milton J. Bates and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1996-11 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : "Previous scholarship has established that American storytellers turned Vietnam into a landscape of American myth. Bates's lucid and judicious study . . . is a valuable addition to the conversation regarding the legacy of Vietnam."—John Hellmann, author of American Myth and the Legacy of Vietnam "An absolutely stunning achievement. Milton Bates presents an incisively accurate analysis of the attitudes that shaped and controlled Americans' perceptions during the 1960s and '70s. He fuses literary analysis with historical scholarship to offer a comprehensive study of American thought and writing before, during, and after the war years. This is a book to be read carefully—and savored."—John Clark Pratt, author of The Laotian Fragments

Masculinity in Vietnam War Narratives

by Brenda M. Boyle

Publisher : McFarland
Release Date : 2014-01-10
ISBN 13: 0786454393
Page : 211 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (543 users)

Download PDF or read online Masculinity in Vietnam War Narratives Book by Brenda M. Boyle and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : Occurring alongside the Women’s Rights, Gay Rights, Civil Rights, and other identity movements of the 1960s, the Vietnam War was part of an era that rescripted gender and other social identity roles for many, if not most, Americans. This book examines the ways in which the war and its accompanying movements greatly altered traditional American conceptions of masculinity, as reflected in discourses ranging from fictional narratives to memoirs, films, and military recruiting advertisements. Analysis of two canonical fiction texts—John Del Vecchio’s The 13th Valley and Bobbie Ann Mason’s In Country—illustrates the interrelatedness of race, sexuality, disability and masculinity, an approach appearing in no other book-length study. The text illustrates how, decades later, the masculine anxieties of the Vietnam era persist.

Working-Class War

by Christian G. Appy

Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2000-11-09
ISBN 13: 0807860115
Page : 377 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (61 users)

Download PDF or read online Working-Class War Book by Christian G. Appy and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2000-11-09 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : 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 "Reminds us of the disturbing truth that some 80 percent of the 2.5 million enlisted men who served in Vietnam--out of 27 million men who reached draft age during the war--came from working-class and impoverished backgrounds. . . . Deals especially well with the apparent paradox that the working-class soldiers' families back home mainly opposed the antiwar movement, and for that matter so with few exceptions did the soldiers themselves.--New York Times Book Review "[Appy's] treatment of the subject makes it clear to his readers--almost as clear as it became for the soldiers in Vietnam--that class remains the tragic dividing wall between Americans.--Boston Globe

Vietnam War Stories

by Tobey C. Herzog

Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2017-01-27
ISBN 13: 113490262X
Page : 246 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (26 users)

Download PDF or read online Vietnam War Stories Book by Tobey C. Herzog and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : The Gulf War and its aftermath have testified once again to the significance placed on the meanings and images of Vietnam by US media and culture. Almost two decades after the end of hostilities, the Vietnam War remains a dominant moral, political and military touchstone in American cultural consciousness. Vietnam War Stories provides a comprehensive critical framework for understanding the Vietnam experience, Vietnam narratives and modern war literature. The narratives examined - personal accounts as well as novels - portray a soldier's and a country's journey from pre-war innocence, through battlefield experience and consideration, to a difficult post-war adjustment. Tobey Herzog places these narratives within the context of important cultural and literary themes, including inherent ironies of war, the "John Wayne syndrome" of pre-war innocence, and the "heavy Heart-of-Darkness trip" of the conflict itself.

Demise

by John M. Del Vecchio

Publisher : Warriors Publishing Group
Release Date : 2020-09-08
ISBN 13: 1944353356
Page : 634 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (533 users)

Download PDF or read online Demise Book by John M. Del Vecchio and published by Warriors Publishing Group. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : AUTHOR'S PREFERRED EDITION This is the story of two young men, one white, one black, who grew up in the 1960s, who were best friends—their high school’s Salt ‘n’ Pepper running backs. One went to Vietnam, the other avoided the draft. Their worlds begin to disintegrate when a freak accident disrupts the peaceful Connecticut town where they have settled. As 50-year-old corporate executives, one loathes his job and finds himself increasingly estranged from his family and community. Events force them closer together, yet careers, families, and tragedies which revolve about decisions made three decades earlier tear them apart. Del Vecchio has created a beautiful, penetrating novel of men struggling with their demons, a town struggling with tragedy, and families struggling to stay together. “...a stunning and insightful masterpiece, as timely as tomorrow’s news.” —Al Santoli, author of Everything We Had

A Time for Peace

by Robert D. Schulzinger

Publisher : Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2006-08-15
ISBN 13: 0198023618
Page : 288 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (236 users)

Download PDF or read online A Time for Peace Book by Robert D. Schulzinger and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-08-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : The Vietnam War left wounds that have taken three decades to heal--indeed some scars remain even today. In A Time for Peace, prominent American historian Robert D. Schulzinger sheds light on how deeply etched memories of this devastating conflict have altered America's political, social, and cultural landscape. Schulzinger examines the impact of the war from many angles. He traces the long, twisted, and painful path of reconciliation with Vietnam, the heated controversy over soldiers who were missing in action, the influx of over a million Vietnam refugees into the US, and the plight of Vietnam veterans, many of whom returned home alienated, unhappy, and unappreciated. Schulzinger looks at how the controversies of the war have continued to be fought in books and films and, perhaps most important, he explores the power of the Vietnam metaphor on foreign policy, particularly in Central America, Somalia, the Gulf War, and the war in Iraq. Using a vast array of sources, A Time for Peace provides an illuminating account of a war that still looms large in the American imagination.

The Films of the Eighties

by William J. Palmer

Publisher : SIU Press
Release Date : 1995
ISBN 13: 9780809320295
Page : 358 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (9 users)

Download PDF or read online The Films of the Eighties Book by William J. Palmer and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : In this remarkable sequel to his Films of the Seventies: A Social History, William J. Palmer examines more than three hundred films as texts that represent, revise, parody, comment upon, and generate discussion about major events, issues, and social trends of the eighties. Palmer defines the dialectic between film art and social history, taking as his theoretical model the "holograph of history" that originated from the New Historicist theories of Hayden White and Dominick LaCapra. Combining the interests and methodologies of social history and film criticism, Palmer contends that film is a socially conscious interpreter and commentator upon the issues of contemporary social history. In the eighties, such issues included the war in Vietnam, the preservation of the American farm, terrorism, nuclear holocaust, changes in Soviet-American relations, neoconservative feminism, and yuppies. Among the films Palmer examines are Platoon, The Killing Fields, The River, Out of Africa, Little Drummer Girl, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Silkwood, The Day After, Red Dawn, Moscow on the Hudson, Troop Beverly Hills, and Fatal Attraction. Utilizing the principles of New Historicism, Palmer demonstrates that film can analyze and critique history as well as present it.

Manheimer's Cataloging and Classification, Revised and Expanded

by Jerry Saye

Publisher : CRC Press
Release Date : 1999-09-09
ISBN 13: 9781420053142
Page : 418 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (4 users)

Download PDF or read online Manheimer's Cataloging and Classification, Revised and Expanded Book by Jerry Saye and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1999-09-09 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : This work has been revised and updated to include the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (2nd ed), the Dewey Decimal System Classification (21st ed) and the Library of Congress Classification Schedules. The text details the essential elements of the International Standard Bibliographic Description; introduces the associated OCLC/MARC specifications; and more. The downloadable resources give more than 500 PowerPoint slides and graphics identical to the text, in addition to scans of the title page, and title page verso and other illustrations that support examples from Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (2nd ed).