We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War

by Doug Bradley and Craig Werner

Book Overview

For a Kentucky rifleman who spent his tour trudging through Vietnam's Central Highlands, it was Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'." For a "tunnel rat" who blew smoke into the Viet Cong's underground tunnels, it was Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze." For a black marine distraught over the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., it was Aretha Franklin's "Chain of Fools." And for countless other Vietnam vets, it was "I Feel Like I'm Fixin'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625341628
• ISBN13: 9781625341624
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher