Red Thunder, Tropic Lightning - The World of a Combat Division in Vietnam

List of contents

List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. A Setting for War: Coping with a Strange and Hostile World -- 2. Tools of the Trade -- 3. Around in Circles: Warfare in 360 Degrees -- 4. The Shitting Battlefields of Vietnam -- 5. WIA: Wounded in Action -- 6. The Vietnamese -- 7. To Stand and Fight: Morale in the 25th Division -- Epilogue: Last Thoughts from Three Veterans of the Tropic Lightning Division -- Appendix: A Roster of the 25th Infantry Division List of Terms, Abbreviations, and Acronym.

Summary

This book examines the world confronted by the men of an American combat division during the Vietnam War. It provides all of the major parts of the soldiers' world–including subjects as diverse as climate, living conditions, deadly combat, and morale.

Product details

• Authors: Eric M Bergerud, Eric M. Bergerud
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367285296
• ISBN: 978-0-367-28529-6
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Vietnam, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / General, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, c 1955 to c 1975 (Vietnam War period), Vietnam War