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Soldiering : Observations from Korea, Vietnam, and Safe Places /
"Henry G. Gole was a BAR man in a rifle squad in the Korean War and a Special Forces officer during two tours in Vietnam. A career soldier with strong academic credential and honed writing skills, Gole's tales personalize the ugly process that was modern industrial and technical war in the...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dulles, Va. :
Potomac Books,
2005.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; List of Maps; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Kamerad; Part I: Blue Collar in New York; The Zeitgeist and My Little World; 1. The Village, Chelsea, and Over the 59th Street Bridge; 2. Big War, Small Boy; 3. Pete the Barber; 4. Teachers; 5. Conversations with Dad; 6. Geopolitics; 7. You There, Personnel; 8. Camp Kilmer; 9. When I Say Squat; Part II: Khaki in Korea; The Zeitgeist and My Little World; 10. Wasn't That Just Yesterday?; 11. Fun and Games at the Replacement Center; 12. Sailing the Bounding Main; 13. Camp Drake; 14. The Last Leg; 15. That First Night on Line.
- 16. Rios17. The Gas Cylinder Retaining Pin Assembly, Sir; 18. Listening Post; 19. A Teenager's Theory; 20. Report to the Company Commander; 21. 4 IQ; 22. Chimpo Charlie; 23. Chow Down; 24. Good-bye to All That; Part III: Interludes and Reflections While Safe; The Zeitgeist and My Little World; 25. Volare; 26. Me and JFK; 27. Bist du die Lidwina?; 28. Pumpkins and Cobblestones; 29. Poncho Annie; 30. Deaths and White Rocks; 31. Doesn't Anybody Know How to Play This Game?; 32. Vater Unser; 33. Ski; 34. The American on the Moon; 35. I'll Never Remember You; 36. Kent State.
- 37. Uncle Walter, My Boy, and VietnamPart IV: Vietnam: The Men; The Zeitgeist and My Little World; 38. Lee, the Sergeant Major, and Bobby Boyd; 39. BLACKJACK 21: A Long Walk in 1966; 40. Bill Holt; 41. Mr. Fritz; 42. Mad Dog; 43. Heinz; 44. Fat Albert: One-Zero; 45. RT Cookie; 46. Two POWs; 47. Patients & Medicines: Snuffy; 48. Bro John; 49. Chinese Medicine; 50. Lope's Got a Gun; 51. We Gotta Get Outta This Place; 52. Die Junge Burschen; 53. Thank God I Had Yards; 54. Billy B's Silver Star; Part V: Ripples; The Zeitgeist and My Little World; 55. Cool Pops; 56. Welcome to Bonn and Sin Loi.
- 57. Mac and Mack58. Sunflowers; 59. I Have German Friends; 60. Mary Asked; 61. Don't You Speak English?; 62. How To Be a Lieutenant General; 63. How Not To Be a Lieutenant General; 64. Many Armies; 65. Contemplating Retirement; 66. Ripples: Tailwind; 67. Postscript; Glossary; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author.