Fighting Shadows in Vietnam

A Combat Memoir

Nonfiction, History, Military, Vietnam War, Asian, Biography & Memoir, Historical
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Author: Michael P. Moynihan ISBN: 9781476613505
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Publication: January 23, 2014
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Michael P. Moynihan
ISBN: 9781476613505
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication: January 23, 2014
Imprint:
Language: English

In this memoir, set as deeply in his mind as in the Southeast Asian jungle, a young American soldier embarks on a journey to a war that, for him, will never be over. The world was a playground for Mickey, a naïve Irish American kid bored with his life. His father served in World War II, his brother was a Marine in Vietnam; now it was his turn. His 365 days in the hell that was Vietnam builds in torment until an attack on a bunker complex in Cambodia. Wounded, his friend captured, he becomes a tormented survivor knowing he is always just a heartbeat from death. His adventure-turned-nightmare brings a visceral understanding of the words penned by Thoreau, the very same words Mickey’s father spoke throughout Mickey’s youth: “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation,” especially those at war. This memoir chronicles the key perspective–shaping experiences of a U.S. Army grunt fighting in Vietnam.

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In this memoir, set as deeply in his mind as in the Southeast Asian jungle, a young American soldier embarks on a journey to a war that, for him, will never be over. The world was a playground for Mickey, a naïve Irish American kid bored with his life. His father served in World War II, his brother was a Marine in Vietnam; now it was his turn. His 365 days in the hell that was Vietnam builds in torment until an attack on a bunker complex in Cambodia. Wounded, his friend captured, he becomes a tormented survivor knowing he is always just a heartbeat from death. His adventure-turned-nightmare brings a visceral understanding of the words penned by Thoreau, the very same words Mickey’s father spoke throughout Mickey’s youth: “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation,” especially those at war. This memoir chronicles the key perspective–shaping experiences of a U.S. Army grunt fighting in Vietnam.

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