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A Long Way Back - Hardcover

Prewitt, J. Everett

 
9780976192770: A Long Way Back
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ISBN 10: 0976192772 ISBN 13: 9780976192770
Verlag: Northland Publishing Company, 2016

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When Anthony Andrews, reporter for the Washington Post sees a group of wounded, half-starved, black troops disembark from a helicopter in Cu Chi during the height of the Vietnam War, he senses a story but receives no cooperation from the army or the soldiers.The men, mostly noncombat soldiers, are the remnant of a squad sent on an illegal mission to Cambodia as punishment for their participation in a race riot at Cu Chi base camp. Led by a battle-fatigued sergeant, they fall under enemy fire. Their leader inexplicably disappears, leaving the ill-prepared soldiers to fight the jungle and enemy on their own.Although forced to confront the shock of combat and a deteriorating family life, Andrews pursues the story hoping to uncover the truth about what happened to those soldiers in the jungle.An intriguing glimpse into the Vietnam War, A Long Way Back is a tense journey merging the lives of the soldiers and the reporter as they struggle to overcome their fear and face the battles they must fight to survive.

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When Anthony Andrews, reporter for the Washington Post sees a group of wounded, half-starved, black troops disembark from a helicopter in Cu Chi during the height of the Vietnam War, he senses a story but receives no cooperation from the army or the soldiers.The men, mostly noncombat soldiers, are the remnant of a squad sent on an illegal mission to Cambodia as punishment for their participation in a race riot at Cu Chi base camp. Led by a battle-fatigued sergeant, they fall under enemy fire. Their leader inexplicably disappears, leaving the ill-prepared soldiers to fight the jungle and enemy on their own.Although forced to confront the shock of combat and a deteriorating family life, Andrews pursues the story hoping to uncover the truth about what happened to those soldiers in the jungle.An intriguing glimpse into the Vietnam War, A Long Way Back is a tense journey merging the lives of the soldiers and the reporter as they struggle to overcome their fear and face the battles they must fight to survive.

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Verlag
Northland Publishing Company
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0976192772
ISBN 13 
9780976192770
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
381
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