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Peter Louis Goldman

Autor(a) de Charlie Company : what Vietnam did to us

10+ Works 385 Membros 2 Críticas 1 Favorited

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Obras por Peter Louis Goldman

Associated Works

The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism (1997) — Contribuidor — 214 exemplares
Voices in Our Blood: America's Best on the Civil Rights Movement (2001) — Contribuidor — 90 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Goldman, Peter Louis
Data de nascimento
1933-02-08
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Educação
Williams College
Columbia University
Ocupações
journalist
Organizações
Newsweek

Membros

Críticas

 
Assinalado
RCornell | Oct 27, 2023 |
After being deeply impacted by the TV series Tour of Duty and the movie Platoon, I as a high school student back in the late 80's wanted to know more about the soldier's experience of Vietnam. I bought this book, a collection of soldier stories put together by Newsweek. In many moves during and post-college, I got rid of almost all my pre-college books, but this one was a keeper.

I wish the experiences of that war had prevented the repetition of similar mistakes: unclear purpose by military and civilian leadership and the psychological turmoil on soldiers who must constantly be on guard against the people they are supposed to be protecting, then must return home to be surrounded by the feeling that all they have suffered for was without meaning and yet they still can't manage to leave it behind. The stories in this book remind us that war is not a game of Risk with soldier pawns; it has lasting repercussions even for those who make it back home alive.… (mais)
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WalkerMedia | Jul 16, 2007 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
10
Also by
2
Membros
385
Popularidade
#62,810
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Críticas
2
ISBN
19
Marcado como favorito
1

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