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Hardcover Some Even Volunteered: The First Wolfhounds Pacify Vietnam Book

ISBN: 0275947858

ISBN13: 9780275947859

Some Even Volunteered: The First Wolfhounds Pacify Vietnam

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I was hooked by the unusual style and, moreso, by the unusual approach to the familiar material . . . Articulate, sensitive, and intelligent . . . an unusually readable and persuasive narrative. Robert W. Lewis North Dakota Quarterly

When in 1968 an American rifle battalion known as the First Wolfhounds landed near Dau Tieng, a rest area controlled by the North Vietnamese Army, they expected to interdict the NVA supply line there...

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Excellent overview of the one year "tour of duty"

An easily read summary of the author's experience in Vietnam. (I found it of interest as a veteran of the 25th Div. at the same time-several friends who arrived in country with me were assigned to the Wolfhounds). Mr. Bradford shows us the Vietnam War from the perspective of a young Civic Action Officer trained to "win the hearts and minds" of the civilian population. Through narratives of his own experience and those of others the reader is presented a view of the futility and mismanagement of that war while also describing the lives and experiences of the individual combat soldier and the Wolfhounds. Sometimes the dialoque was difficult to follow; ie., it wasn't always clear when the author was speaking in the first person and when another individual was speaking. However, once the reader picked up on the author's writing style the narrative made for fast reading. In the book's last section "What was it all about" the author brings the lessons of the Vietnam War clearly into perspective. I heartily agree with his statement that we should "not... confuse America with the politicians elected to administer America..." I would recommend this book to my children who have asked, "what was the Vietnam war like?"
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