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SAIGON COWBOY

Author : H. Palmer Wood
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1493145274
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book SAIGON COWBOY written by H. Palmer Wood and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Austin Bain liked working for the CIA, especially exercising his intellect to be one step ahead of a challenge. But deviating from his deciphering routine seemed to open another door to reality. Escaping death by minutes in Panama might have been a fluke, but it was enough to remind him of the dangers of his vocation. Resigning from the CIA he returned to civilian life, until a former cohort tracked him down vacationing on a remote Bahamas island. That surprise encounter, catapulted Bain back into the Agency to help track and apprehend one of the most dangerous individuals the Armed Forces and CIA had ever dealt with in Vietnam. the French National and former college roommate of Austin Bain had developed a deadly profile, bent on revenge, as a result of tragic events involving the eventual deaths of a sister and father. Working under a pseudonym, Bain's search took him through numerous provinces in Vietnam when the US military presence was growing by the tens of thousands each month. At one time the fugitive's roommate, Bain was considered the most likely to be able to identify the Saigon Cowboy, the freshman he lived with ten years ago at Syracuse University. Both the bold aggressiveness and clandestine actions of the Cowboy continued to baffle those in pursuit. with his apparent ease of movement in highly secure areas, he continued to meet his objective of eliminating high ranking military and CIA agents.

Death in Saigon

Author : Ron Steinman
Publisher : KCM Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1939961475
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book Death in Saigon written by Ron Steinman and published by KCM Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-12 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Vietnam War Slang

Author : Tom Dalzell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317661869
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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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 365 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.

The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English

Author : Tom Dalzell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351765205
Total Pages : 5135 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English written by Tom Dalzell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-11 with total page 5135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang offers the ultimate record of modern, post WW2 American Slang. The 25,000 entries are accompanied by citations that authenticate the words as well as offer examples of usage from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, television shows, musical lyrics, and Internet user groups. Etymology, cultural context, country of origin and the date the word was first used are also provided. In terms of content, the cultural transformations since 1945 are astounding. Television, computers, drugs, music, unpopular wars, youth movements, changing racial sensitivities and attitudes towards sex and sexuality are all substantial factors that have shaped culture and language. This new edition includes over 500 new headwords collected with citations from the last five years, a period of immense change in the English language, as well as revised existing entries with new dating and citations. No term is excluded on the grounds that it might be considered offensive as a racial, ethnic, religious, sexual or any kind of slur. This dictionary contains many entries and citations that will, and should, offend. Rich, scholarly and informative, The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English is an indispensable resource for language researchers, lexicographers and translators.

Tell it to the Dead

Author : Donald Kirk
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
ISBN 13 : 9781563247187
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book Tell it to the Dead written by Donald Kirk and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 1996 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journalist Kirk arrived in Vietnam in 1965 and covered the war for The Washington Star, the Chicago Tribune and other American periodicals. Here are 15 stories, most reprinted, from both that period and from visits during the decades after the war. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Mission on the Ho Chi Minh Trail

Author : Richard L. Stevens
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806167904
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Mission on the Ho Chi Minh Trail written by Richard L. Stevens and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking the reader in the mountains and forests that the Americans called “Indian country,” Stevens presents the Viet Nam War as an extension of the romantic myth of the American frontier. In seven operations on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the reader enters an exotic, exhilarating, terrifying world. Documented by military reports, Steven’s powerful and poetic prose and his complex examination of the Viet Nam War elevate his Trail journey into the realm of myth.

Violence of Action

Author : Bruce C. Brown
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1457512386
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (575 download)

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Download or read book Violence of Action written by Bruce C. Brown and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

War Short Stories: The Combat During The Vietnam War

Author :
Publisher : Evelyn Cabrera
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book War Short Stories: The Combat During The Vietnam War written by and published by Evelyn Cabrera. This book was released on 2022-07-25 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A military pilot is a tactical pilot prepared to participate in an aerial battle, air-to-ground battle, and some of the time electronic fighting while in the cockpit of a contender airplane. Military pilots go through particular preparation in airborne fighting and dogfighting (short proximity flying battle). A military pilot with something like five aerial kills becomes known as a pro. This is an exceptional investigation of the perspective of a pilot as he encounters everything from the massacre of an accident to the delight of flying through an elegant night sky, from the strange political plans of Washington to his perilous dependence on risk. The creator gives a blending and close-to-home portrayal of one man's excursion into airborne damnation and back, describing the delights and the aggravation. the successes and the misfortunes. furthermore, eventually, the return

Throwing Grenades at Gilligan’S Island

Author : Steve Mitchell
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1543444261
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book Throwing Grenades at Gilligan’S Island written by Steve Mitchell and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Vietnam War winds down, the USS Tutanga repairs river boats on the Saigon River. Connor Simmons arrives on board to find House, a battle-scarred sailor who works the black market and has a soft spot for the Vietnamese kids in the nearby village of Nha Be. When Connor goes to work on an antiquated light ship, he learns that it may be central to Houses plan to save those he cares about most. Throwing Grenades at Gilligans Island is a one-hundred-thousand-word historical novel that explores love, loyalty, and the absurdity of war.

The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

Author : Terry Victor
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134615337
Total Pages : 2232 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English written by Terry Victor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 2232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews of the two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 2005: The king is dead. Long live the king! The old Partridge is not really dead; it remains the best record of British slang antedating 1945 Now, however, the preferred source for information about English slang of the past 60 years is the New Partridge. James Rettig, Booklist, American Library Association Most slang dictionaries are no better than momgrams or a rub of the brush, put together by shmegegges looking to make some moola. The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, on the other hand, is the wee babes. Ian Sansom, The Guardian The Concise New Partridge presents, for the first time, all the slang terms from the New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English in a single volume. With over 60,000 entries from around the English-speaking world, the Concise gives you the language of beats, hipsters, Teddy Boys, mods and rockers, hippies, pimps, druggies, whores, punks, skinheads, ravers, surfers, Valley girls, dudes, pill-popping truck drivers, hackers, rappers and more. The Concise New Partridge is a spectacular resource infused with humour and learning its rude, its delightful, and its a prize for anyone with a love of language.

Cowboy

Author : Daniel Ford
Publisher : Warbird Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cowboy written by Daniel Ford and published by Warbird Books. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cowboy was handsome, flamboyant, courageous, clever, and cruel. He got his nickname from the Green Berets who worked with him in the Highlands of South Vietnam in the 1960s. "You've got to take the bad with the good," one Special Forces captain said of him. "And Cowboy is a good interpreter." And in the end, he was murdered by his own side, the Montagnard rebels who were equally opposed to the Communists in Hanoi and the generals in Saigon. A compelling look at a country and a people caught up in a Cold War they couldn't understand, and which in the end destroyed them.

The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

Author : Tom Dalzell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317625110
Total Pages : 3622 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English written by Tom Dalzell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-11-27 with total page 3622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English presents all the slang terms from The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English in a single volume. Containing over 60,000 entries, this concise new edition of the authoritative work details the slang and unconventional English of from around the English-speaking world since 1945, and through the first decade of the new millennium, with the same thorough, intense, and lively scholarship that characterized Partridge’s own work. Unique, exciting and, at times, hilariously shocking, key features include: unprecedented coverage of World English, with equal prominence given to American and British English slang, and entries included from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, South Africa, Ireland, and the Caribbean emphasis on post-World War II slang and unconventional English dating information for each headword in the tradition of Partridge, commentary on the term’s origins and meaning. New to this second edition: a new preface noting slang trends of the last eight years over 1,000 new entries from the US, UK and Australia, reflecting important developments in language and culture new terms from the language of social networking from a range of digital communities including texting, blogs, Facebook, Twitter and online forums many entries now revised to include new dating and new glosses, ensuring maximum accuracy of content. The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is a spectacular resource infused with humour and learning – it’s rude, it’s delightful, and it’s a prize for anyone with a love of language.

Slangs Dictionary of Unconventional English

Author : Salim Khan Anmol
Publisher : Sakha Global Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9355660510
Total Pages : 735 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (556 download)

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Download or read book Slangs Dictionary of Unconventional English written by Salim Khan Anmol and published by Sakha Global Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-01-08 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slangs Dictionary of Unconventional English -is a recently launched book of Sakha Global Books publication to hold good command over English language. This is an excellent resource for all students who wish to learn, write and speak English language from zero level. Perfect for self-study, the series follows a guided-learning approach that gives students access to a full answer key with model answers. This book has been divided into sections and each section has been further divided into lessons. have been given, wherever necessary. Also, exercises are given at the end of every lesson for practice and solutions at the end of the book. This book has been designed to help you learn English in an easy and proper way. This is a clearly structured introductory English learning book intended to offer readers an advanced fluency in both spoken and written English. English pronunciations are given in easy way helping the readers to understand the complexities of English pronunciation. If one of those sounds familiar to you, perhaps you have found the right book. This book is essential for you to break through and not only improving your spoken skills but developing them so well regardless of your age. Armed with the proven tips, tricks, and techniques in this book, you’ll discover that you’ll be soaring to an entirely new and exciting level of learning within days. On top of that, these guidelines can be used nearly effortlessly. Proven Technique That Works You’ll discover what “Immersion” is and how it can painlessly take you to a supreme status in your studies. You’ll also learn about a related method of learning to pronounce English fearlessly. It’s called the “Shadowing.” Once you try it you’ll realize why so many people praise its effectiveness. Salient Features of the Book: • Self-Sufficient, Self-Study Book. • Detailed Explanation of English Grammar Topics. • Easy tools for Written and Spoken English. • Complete Guide to Error-free usage of English in day-to-day life. • Easy to Grasp Language for better understanding. English is not an easy language to learn. But if you are using proper methods to learn and speak, you’ll find that your next level of learning is just a click away. Learn and adopt these techniques, tips, and many more secrets revealed in this book, and your English fluency will be on a whole different level in 60 days ! Remember: Practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect. Download Now and Start Speaking Fluent English! - Sakha Global Books

Saint Crispian's Day

Author : Patrick Brower
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1469776863
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (697 download)

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Download or read book Saint Crispian's Day written by Patrick Brower and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-07-23 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The war in Vietnam, like all wars, was about politics and power. But for a long time, Captain Mike Mallory and his corporal Tran Minh Jones didn't quite understand that. This was something they would learn the hard way in the latter days of their second tour of duty. Saint Crispian's Day takes the reader deep into the jungles of Vietnam and into the politics that ran the war as Mallory and Jones take on the Viet Cong and the power of the military justice system in a brutal struggle that neither side can afford to lose.

Ted Kennedy

Author : John A. Farrell
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525558071
Total Pages : 785 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Ted Kennedy written by John A. Farrell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-10-25 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION An enthralling and ground-breaking new biography of one of modern America’s most fascinating and consequential political figures, drawing on important new sources, by an award-winning biographer who covered Kennedy closely for many years John A. Farrell’s magnificent biography of Edward M. Kennedy is the first single-volume life of the great figure since his death. Farrell’s long acquaintance with the Kennedy universe and the acclaim accorded his previous books—including his New York Times bestselling biography of Richard Nixon, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize—helped garner him access to a remarkable range of new sources, including segments of Kennedy’s personal diary and his private confessions to members of his family in the days that followed the accident on Chappaquiddick. Farrell is, without question, one of America’s greatest political biographers and a storyteller of deep wisdom and empathy. His book does full justice to this famously epic and turbulent life of almost unimaginable tragedy and triumph. As the fourth son of the close-knit but fiercely competitive Kennedy clan, Ted was the runt of the litter. Expelled from Harvard University for cheating, he was a fun-loving playboy who nevertheless served his brothers loyally and effectively. It was easy to take Ted lightly, and many did. But when he was elected to the United States Senate at the age of thirty to fill his brother Jack’s seat, something unexpected happened: he found his home and his calling there. Over time, Ted Kennedy would build arguably the most significant senatorial career in American history. His life was buffeted by heartbreak: the violent deaths of his three older brothers, his own terrible plane crash, his children’s bouts with cancer, and the hideous self-inflicted wounds of Chappaquiddick and stretches of drinking and womanizing that caused irreparable damage to an already fragile first marriage. Those wounds scarred Ted deeply but also tempered his character, and, eventually, he embarked on a run as legislator, party elder, and paterfamilias of the Kennedy family that would change America for the better. John A. Farrell brings us the man as he was, in strength and weakness, his profound but complicated inheritance and his vital legacy, as only a great biographer can do. Without the story this book tells, no understanding of modern America can be complete.

The Vietnam Reader

Author : Stewart O'Nan
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307489744
Total Pages : 737 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Vietnam Reader written by Stewart O'Nan and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 737 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vietnam Reader is a selection of the finest and best-known art from the American war in Vietnam, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, film, still photos, and popular song lyrics. All the strongest work is here, from mainstream bestsellers to radical poetry, from Tim O'Brien to Marvin Gaye. Also included are incisive reader's questions--useful for educators and book clubs--in a volume that makes an essential contribution to a wider understanding of the Vietnam War. This authoritative and accessible volume is sure to become a classic reference, as well as indispensable and provocative reading for anyone who wants to know more about the war that changed the face of late-twentieth-century America. From the Trade Paperback edition.

The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

Author : Tom Dalzell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317372514
Total Pages : 15065 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English written by Tom Dalzell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 15065 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Booklist Top of the List Reference Source The heir and successor to Eric Partridge's brilliant magnum opus, The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, this two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is the definitive record of post WWII slang. Containing over 60,000 entries, this new edition of the authoritative work on slang details the slang and unconventional English of the English-speaking world since 1945, and through the first decade of the new millennium, with the same thorough, intense, and lively scholarship that characterized Partridge's own work. Unique, exciting and, at times, hilariously shocking, key features include: unprecedented coverage of World English, with equal prominence given to American and British English slang, and entries included from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, South Africa, Ireland, and the Caribbean emphasis on post-World War II slang and unconventional English published sources given for each entry, often including an early or significant example of the term’s use in print. hundreds of thousands of citations from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, and songs illustrating usage of the headwords dating information for each headword in the tradition of Partridge, commentary on the term’s origins and meaning New to this edition: A new preface noting slang trends of the last five years Over 1,000 new entries from the US, UK and Australia New terms from the language of social networking Many entries now revised to include new dating, new citations from written sources and new glosses The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is a spectacular resource infused with humour and learning – it’s rude, it’s delightful, and it’s a prize for anyone with a love of language.