Lullabies for Lieutenants : Memoir of a Marine Forward Observer in Vietnam, 1965-1966.

Capturing the chaotic nature of the U.S. Marine experience at war in Vietnam, this memoir recounts the experiences of a young officer in a series of unrelated short pieces. In a narrative as fragmented as the war itself, the only resolution is the same one reached by the Marines who fought--the conc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cox, Franklin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2010.
Temas:
Cox, Franklin, > 1941-
United States. > Marine Corps > Officers > Biography.
États-Unis. > Marine Corps > Officiers > Biographies.
United States. > Marine Corps
1961-1975
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Personal narratives, American.
Marines > United States > Biography.
Fusiliers marins > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Asia > Southeast Asia.
Armed Forces > Officers
Marines
United States
Biographies
Personal narratives > American
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface; Part I: Forward Observer; 1. We Never Promised You a Rose Garden; 2. Landing at Red Beach; 3. Forward Observer; 4. Ambush; 5. Hearts and Minds; 6. Night Vertical Assault; 7. Her Majesty; 8. Surrounded; 9. A Captain of Marines; 10. Anger; 11. The Lieutenants; Part II: Heroes and Goats; 12. A Culture Like No Other; 13. Okinawa; 14. Second Battalion, Ninth Marines Headquarters; 15. Cam Ne Burning; 16. The Loser; 17. Disaster; 18. Gooks; 19. Meltdown; 20. The Disappearance of First Lieutenant James T. Egan, Jr.; 21. Twenty Minutes of Terror.
  • 22. Random ChaosPart III: Hopes and Dreams; 23. Her; 24. Short Timer; 25. Irony; 26. Residuals; 27. Mao, Ho, and United States Policy; Glossary; Index.

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