Freedom Hill The Alpha And Omega [Hardcover]

This book looks at the Vietnam War from a new angle. While most books on the subject center around a battle or operation, this bookintroduces the central character as he comes of age and faces the draft. It stays with him through that process and his traumatic experience of MarineCorps boot camp. The work then follows him to Southeast Asia where his life isgraphically chronicled and we get an amazingly candid look at the day-to-daywar through the eyes of a young draftee. The toughest battles for most veteransof that war were fought in the mind. The severe mood swings from the deepestdepressions to unbelievable highs kept combatants teetering on the edge of sanity. This book expertly exposes the emotional roller-coaster that threatenedthe stability of the mind. For the first time, you will understand why theVietnam War was so damaging to so many veterans. Hundreds of thousands of youngmen served in the Vietnam War, each came home with a story--this book tells mostof them. This fresh revealing look at the Vietnam experience is one you won'twant to miss.

• ISBN13: 9781414009094
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