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Author : Tony Lawless
Publisher : Infinity Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0741417766
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (414 download)
Download or read book Lawless in Vietnam written by Tony Lawless and published by Infinity Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Matt Bondurant
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416561641
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)
Download or read book The Wettest County in the World written by Matt Bondurant and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-10-14 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *The inspiration for the major motion picture Lawless* Based on the true story of Matt Bondurant’s grandfather and two granduncles, The Wettest County in the World is a gripping and gritty tale of bootlegging, brotherhood, and murder. The Bondurant Boys were a notorious gang of roughnecks and moonshiners who ran liquor through Franklin County, Virginia, during Prohibition and in the years after. Howard, the eldest brother, is an ox of a man besieged by the horrors he witnessed in the Great War; Forrest, the middle brother, is fierce, mythically indestructible, and the consummate businessman; and Jack, the youngest, has a taste for luxury and a dream to get out of Franklin. Driven and haunted, these men forge a business, fall in love, and struggle to stay afloat as they watch their family die, their father's business fail, and the world they know crumble beneath the Depression and drought. White mule, white lightning, firewater, popskull, wild cat, stump whiskey, or rotgut—whatever you called it, Franklin County was awash in moonshine in the 1920s. When Sherwood Anderson, the journalist and author of Winesburg, Ohio, was covering a story there, he christened it the “wettest county in the world.” In the twilight of his career, Anderson finds himself driving along dusty red roads trying to find the Bondurant brothers, piece together the clues linking them to “The Great Franklin County Moonshine Conspiracy,” and break open the silence that shrouds Franklin County. In vivid, muscular prose, Matt Bondurant brings these men—their dark deeds, their long silences, their deep desires—to life. His understanding of the passion, violence, and desperation at the center of this world is both heartbreaking and magnificent.
Author : Tom Dalzell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317661877
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)
Download or read book Vietnam War Slang written by Tom Dalzell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-25 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2014, the US marks the 50th anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, the basis for the Johnson administration’s escalation of American military involvement in Southeast Asia and war against North Vietnam. Vietnam War Slang outlines the context behind the slang used by members of the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. Troops facing and inflicting death display a high degree of linguistic creativity. Vietnam was the last American war fought by an army with conscripts, and their involuntary participation in the war added a dimension to the language. War has always been an incubator for slang; it is brutal, and brutality demands a vocabulary to describe what we don’t encounter in peacetime civilian life. Furthermore, such language serves to create an intense bond between comrades in the armed forces, helping them to support the heavy burdens of war. The troops in Vietnam faced the usual demands of war, as well as several that were unique to Vietnam – a murky political basis for the war, widespread corruption in the ruling government, untraditional guerilla warfare, an unpredictable civilian population in Vietnam, and a growing lack of popular support for the war back in the US. For all these reasons, the language of those who fought in Vietnam was a vivid reflection of life in wartime. Vietnam War Slang lays out the definitive record of the lexicon of Americans who fought in the Vietnam War. Assuming no prior knowledge, it presents around 2000 headwords, with each entry divided into sections giving parts of speech, definitions, glosses, the countries of origin, dates of earliest known citations, and citations. It will be an essential resource for Vietnam veterans and their families, students and readers of history, and anyone interested in the principles underpinning the development of slang.
Author : Michael Sallah
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0759515735
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (595 download)
Download or read book Tiger Force written by Michael Sallah and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2006-05-15 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the outset of the Vietnam War, the Army created an experimental fighting unit that became known as "Tiger Force." The Tigers were to be made up of the cream of the crop-the very best and bravest soldiers the American military could offer. They would be given a long leash, allowed to operate in the field with less supervision. Their mission was to seek out enemy compounds and hiding places so that bombing runs could be accurately targeted. They were to go where no troops had gone, to become one with the jungle, to leave themselves behind and get deep inside the enemy's mind. The experiment went terribly wrong. What happened during the seven months Tiger Force descended into the abyss is the stuff of nightmares. Their crimes were uncountable, their madness beyond imagination-so much so that for almost four decades, the story of Tiger Force was covered up under orders that stretched all the way to the White House. Records were scrubbed, documents were destroyed, men were told to say nothing.But one person didn't follow orders. The product of years of investigative reporting, interviews around the world, and the discovery of an astonishing array of classified information, Tiger Force is a masterpiece of journalism. Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for their Tiger Force reporting, Michael Sallah and Mitch Weiss have uncovered the last great secret of the Vietnam War.
Author : Ronald J. Cima
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780788118760
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (187 download)
Download or read book Vietnam written by Ronald J. Cima and published by . This book was released on 1995-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes and analyzes Vietnam1s political, economic, social and national security systems and institutions and the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. Also covers people1s origins, dominant beliefs and values, their common interests and issues on which they are divided, the nature and extent of their involvement with national institutions and their attitudes toward each other and toward their social system and political order. 19 maps and photos.
Author : Dan Drollette, Jr.
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307955877
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)
Download or read book Gold Rush in the Jungle written by Dan Drollette, Jr. and published by Crown. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engrossing, adventure-filled account of the rush to discover and save Vietnam's most extraordinary animals Deep in the jungle where the borders of Vietnam meet those of Laos and Cambodia is a region known as "the lost world." Large mammals never seen before by Western science have popped up frequently in these mountains in the last decade, including a half-goat/half-ox, a deer that barks, and a close relative of the nearly extinct Javan rhino. In an age when scientists are excited by discovering a new kind of tube worm, the thought of finding and naming a new large terrestrial mammal is astonishing, and wildlife biologists from all over the world are flocking to this dangerous region. The result is a race between preservation and destruction. Containing research gathered from famous biologists, conservationists, indigenous peoples, former POWs, ex-Viet Cong, and the first U.S. ambassador to Vietnam since the war's end, Gold Rush in the Jungle goes deep into the valleys, hills, and hollows of Vietnam to explore the research, the international trade in endangered species, the lingering effects of Agent Orange, and the effort of a handful of biologists to save the world's rarest animals.
Author : Lucien Bodard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Quicksand War written by Lucien Bodard and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dr. Vinh Chung
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
ISBN 13 : 084992295X
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (499 download)
Download or read book Where the Wind Leads written by Dr. Vinh Chung and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remarkable first-hand account of Vinh Chung, a Vietnamese refugee, and his family’s daring escape from communist oppression for the chance of a better life in America. Discover a story of personal sacrifice, redemption, endurance against almost insurmountable odds, and what it truly means to be American. Vinh Chung was born in South Vietnam, just eight months after it fell to the communists in 1975. His family was wealthy, controlling a rice-milling empire worth millions; but within months of the communist takeover, the Chungs lost everything and were reduced to abject poverty. Knowing that their children would have no future under the new government, the Chungs decided to flee the country. In 1979, they joined the legendary “boat people” and sailed into the South China Sea, despite knowing that an estimated two hundred thousand of their countrymen had already perished at the hands of brutal pirates and violent seas. Where the Wind Leads follows Vinh Chung and his family on their desperate journey from pre-war Vietnam. Vinh shares: The family’s perilous journey through pirate attacks on a lawless sea Their miraculous rescue and a new home in the unlikely town of Fort Smith, Arkansas Vinh’s struggled against poverty, discrimination, and a bewildering language barrier His graduation from Harvard Medical School Where the Wind Leads is Vinh’s tribute to the courage and sacrifice of his parents, a testimony to his family’s faith, and a reminder to people everywhere that the American dream, while still possible, carries with it a greater responsibility.
Author : United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts written by United States. Central Intelligence Agency and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. House
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)
Download or read book Report written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on with total page 2224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard F. Hamilton
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0202303241
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (23 download)
Download or read book The State of the Masses written by Richard F. Hamilton and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is the consciousness of Americans in the midst of dramatic transformation? Or do people think and feel much the same as they have always thought and felt? Do most people enjoy their work, or hate it? Is the American family being replaced by new institutional forms, or is it much the same as it was in the 1950's? Have material values been replaced by a "postmaterial consciousness" in a postindustrial society? Are Americans becoming more conservative, less conservative, or staying about the same? "State of the Masses" asks the important questions. Originally published in 1986, this prescient study evaluate the views of social critics, neo-conservatives, neo-Marxists, post-industrialists, and the theorists of the little man, who puport to describe the nature, social conditions, outlooks, and motivations of the American populace. The claims of one group are often diametrically opposed to those of another. The authors make the case for which claims can be considered true and which false. Hamilton and Wright analyze the contradictory claims and compares their implications with the best social science research and data available at that time. They also explore the implications for theories in light of the conflicting portrait the evidence provides. The authors conclude with a new perspective for understanding continuities and changes in the United States. This is a prescient view of American society during turmoil, and a model for how social science research can be used predictively. "The manuscript is wonderfully devastating."--G. William Domhoff, "University of California, Santa Cruz" "I think this is a masterful and timely piece of work a the book's message is so powerful, so wide sweeping that it cannot be ignored."--William Form, "The Ohio State University" "Richard F. Hamilton" is emeritus professor of sociology and political science at The Ohio State University. He has written eleven books and seventy articles, mostly dealing with elite and mass politics and their interconnections, including "President McKinley, War and Empire" (two volume work) published by Transaction. "James D. Wright" is a professor in the department of sociology at the University of Central Florida. He has published seventeen books including "Armed and Considered Dangerous" and "Under the Gun" as well as many journal articles. His current research interests include violence, urban poverty and inequality, health and the homeless population, and the "divorce reform" movement.
Author : James Lyles
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780983609216
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (92 download)
Download or read book The Hard Ride Vietnam Gun Trucks written by James Lyles and published by . This book was released on 2009-07-30 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains descriptions and photographs of U.S. armored gun trucks used in the Vietnam War and the crews who manned them.
Author : Will Swift
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451676956
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)
Download or read book Pat and Dick written by Will Swift and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the partnership between the thirty-seventh President and his wife argues that the couple endured political and intimate disappointments during their fifty-three-year marriage but ultimately shared genuine affection.
Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Newsletter written by United States. Department of State and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781920720704
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (27 download)
Download or read book Vietnam written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vietnam: Or War - Our Peace brings together 44 stories from the Vietnam veteran's community.
Author : Bright Quang
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 166246388X
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (624 download)
Download or read book Justice for Vietnam written by Bright Quang and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bright Quang is a Vietnamese American poet, sculptor, writer, and prisoner of war. He came to the United States on November 22, 1993. He keeps up the respectful faiths and the just cause when he loves literature and art more than everything in his life, just because art is long-lasting, and power is short. Therefore, he falls in love with literature and avoids inhuman wars. In fact, the amoral wars not only deprived him of the rights to life of innocent humankind but also trampled their human dignity to mud. The Vietnam War murdered three million innocent people. One legal government by the Vietnamese people voted and sold off the Vietnam Armed Forces to Mainland China, which have three million astute troops, and sent to jail one million Southern officers. And three hundred thousand Southern officers were killed without being sentenced. His fatherland had been destroyed for the natural resources and environment by the toxic chemicals. Significantly, his literature is mightier than the amoral war as it has altered his super sublime to enslaved guy. As a result, he must keep up the modern civilization of the world when he stood up with his strong legs and his sublime energy. Even good, Bright Quang has been published eighteen books in the English language. He has exhibited many pieces of artwork seven times in the US after he graduated with a bachelor in art and two years of nonprofit management. This accordance with a superpower, modern, civilized, and progressive let him struggle for justice as a prisoner of war because wisdom must win the inhuman war. The better struggle for equality rather than make an enslaved artist by the discrimination and racism in the United States of America. Justice for Vietnam by Bright Quang. He struggles for justice as a prisoner of war. Just because the unjust laws are to be the self-evident truths of constitutional rights, the use of the greatest power deprives of the rights to the life of innocent humankind without having regrets. Significantly, the insensitivity of the superpower America not only robbed the other sacred foreign sovereignty the Republic of Vietnam but also had the lack of ethical consciences has trampled down the weakest people to satisfy their belligerent aggressions. Despite this, this powerful nation has not respected to express the right religions, but they have used figures of religion as a powerful expression of their sublime's powers. His wisdom struggles to conquer the delusive laws while a modern civilization expresses a play on a trick in the laws. Obviously, all the laws of a superpower America have been enacted for the Vietnam War, which is why a great power has not enforced any laws. When great power America not only abused the laws to bully a weak nation but also trampled the sovereignty and self-determination of a small country like the Republic of Vietnam down. In this event, the laws of great power America are expressed belligerent by inhumanity and amorality without having been enforced for justice cause. So the respectfulness of the laws is lost by the chicanery policy or so-called the sick of the US have against society. The super values of the law are clarified by the justice cause if the law has not been enforced thoroughly. We would call the unjust laws of the superpower America. Therefore, we the people should fight for justice as civilized citizens because the law is logically symbolized by the rule of law without a dictatorship. Furthermore, the law is equally expressed by the honor, human dignity, and constitution of the people's race and the nation and people not deprived. As a result, the law is the law. Finally, when a great power has enacted unjust law to become the constitutional rights, so superpower American does not represent a modern, civilized, and progressive society. Of course, superpower and modern civilization America not esteemed law oneself but also discriminated against human beings in all without having regretted, which is why the government of the United States of America proudly deprived the rights to life of mankind as the Southern Army Forces. Bright Quang has composed eighteen books while being a poet, sculptor, and painter. He struggles for justice as a prisoner of war of proxy war America in the Republic of Vietnam without having compensated for prisoner of war when the US Congress enacted HR 7885 Pub. L. 88-205, approved December 16, 1963, to occupy his country. And after then, the US sold the Republic of Vietnam for socialism by the core of interests. While he came to the US on November 23, 1993, graduated with a bachelor's degree in art, and earned nonprofit management in CSU Hayward, East Bay. As a result, the rest of his life fights for justice because justice is the same as oxygen for humans alive is peaceful as demagogy has against the justice of the unjust law of the US has become the constitutional rights. His wisdom must struggle for justice without having had fearless.
Author : Richard F. Hamilton
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0202369307
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (23 download)
Download or read book State of the Masses written by Richard F. Hamilton and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is the consciousness of Americans in the midst of dramatic transformation? Or do people think and feel much the same as they have always thought and felt? Do most people enjoy their work, or hate it? Is the American family being replaced by new institutional forms, or is it much the same as it was in the 1950's? Have material values been replaced by a "postmaterial consciousness" in a postindustrial society? Are Americans becoming more conservative, less conservative, or staying about the same? State of the Masses asks the important questions.Originally published in 1986, this prescient study evaluate the views of social critics, neo-conservatives, neo-Marxists, post-industrialists, and the theorists of the little man, who puport to describe the nature, social conditions, outlooks, and motivations of the American populace. The claims of one group are often diametrically opposed to those of another. The authors make the case for which claims can be considered true and which false. Hamilton and Wright analyze the contradictory claims and compares their implications with the best social science research and data available at that time. They also explore the implications for theories in light of the conflicting portrait the evidence provides. The authors conclude with a new perspective for understanding continuities and changes in the United States. This is a prescient view of American society during turmoil, and a model for how social science research can be used predictively.
