ePub Narodniki Women: Russian Women Who Sacrificed Themselves for the Dream of Freedom (Athene) by Margaret Maxwell in History

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The classic Vietnam memoir; as relevant today as it was almost thirty years ago.In March of 1965; Marine Lieutenent Philip J. Caputo landed at Da Nang with the first ground combat unit deployed to Vietnam. Sixteen months later; having served on the line in one of modern history's ugliest wars; he returned home―physically whole but emotionally wasted; his youthful idealism forever gone. A Rumor of War is more than one soldier's story. Upon its publication in 1977; it shattered America's indifference to the fate of the men sent to fight in the jungles of Vietnam. In the years since then; it has become not only a basic text on the Vietnam War but also a renowned classic in the literature of wars throughout history and; as Caputo explains; of "the things men do in war and the things war does to men." "A singular and marvelous work." ―The New York Times