The long reckoning : a story of war, peace, and redemption in Vietnam / George Black.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593534106
- ISBN: 0593534107
- Physical Description: x, 478 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- Part I: War. Going to B -- Of Mountains and Machines -- The Summer of Love -- Socks on an Octopus -- Saddle Up, Cowboys! -- Grunt -- Orphans of Creation -- This Is Not a Practice -- "Tonight You Die, Marine" -- Part II: Peace. Scavengers -- The Smoky Landscape -- Benefit of the Doubt -- Untangling the Tangle -- Bring Our Daddy Home -- The Third Rail -- The Things They Carried Back -- A Vietnamese in Disguise -- Part III: Redemption. Policing the Brass -- Milk That Glowed in the Dark -- The End of Our Exploring -- The Road to Damascus -- Great Loss and Confusion -- Angry Ghosts -- The Worst Thing, the Best Thing -- The Painter, the Sprinter, and the Monk -- Unfinished Business -- Turning the Ho Chi Minh Trail Brown -- The Pocket of Fire -- The End of the Trail -- Epilogue : Hill 674. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Erlanger Branch | 959.70431 B627L 2023 (Text) | 33126025421417 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Independence Branch | 959.70431 B627L 2023 (Text) | 33126025421391 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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