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Mission on the Ho Chi Minh Trail : Nature, Myth, and War in Viet Nam by Richard L. Stevens (2020, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherUniversity of Oklahoma Press
ISBN-100806167262
ISBN-139780806167268
eBay Product ID (ePID)7050087295
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Book TitleMission on the Ho Chi Minh Trail : Nature, Myth, and War in Viet Nam
Number of Pages282 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2020
TopicMilitary / Vietnam War
GenreHistory
AuthorRichard L. Stevens
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight12 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
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Reviews"Combat can continue to possess a powerful grip on the psyche long after the return to civilian life. As proof, [Richard L.] Stevens..., a Marine and Foreign Service Vietnam veteran, offers a passionate and offbeat narrative about several interdiction missions against the Ho Chi Minh Trail."-- Publishers Weekly
SynopsisIn this narrative of jungle combat, Richard L. Stevens, a U.S. Foreign Service civilian is guided on the Trail by the ex-Viet Cong guerilla Viet, master of deep-forest war. Stevens, an ex-Marine but a neophyte here, is drawn ever deeper into the jungle--and into combat--by his obsession with the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Viet, a captured VC forced to lead Americans and South Vietnamese on missions back to his home base on the Trail, becomes Steven's teacher and friend, but possibly he is a VC still, a double double agent. Stevens's powerful and poetic prose and is complex examination of the Viet Nam War elevate his Trail journey into the realm of myth. A universal theme unwinds here: the mythic hero-journey between life and death is a trail traveled by all., In this narrative of jungle combat, Richard L. Stevens, a U.S. Foreign Service civilian is guided on the Trail by the ex-Viet Cong guerilla Viet, master of deep-forest war. Stevens, an ex-Marine but a neophyte here, is drawn ever deeper into the jungle--and into combat--by his obsession with the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Viet, a captured VC forced to lead Americans and South Vietnamese on missions back to his home base on the Trail, becomes Stevens's teacher and friend, but possibly he is a VC still, a double double agent. Stevens's powerful and poetic prose and his complex examination of the Viet Nam War elevate his Trail journey into the realm of myth. A universal theme unwinds here: the mythic hero-journey between life and death is a trail traveled by all., 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.
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