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Passing Time - Memoir of a Vietnam Veteran Against the War, rev. ed

English · Paperback / Softback

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From 1969 to 1974 Ehrhart was just passing time. His reentry into the "world" began with his enrollment as a 21-year-old freshman (and token Vietnam vet) at Swarthmore College. At first simply trying to bury his past, Ehrhart slowly came to understand what happened to him, and why, in Vietnam. Interspersed are flashbacks to the war itself.
It is the story of political--and personal--awakening. As the war dragged on, the United States' deceitful involvement and its perpetuation of fallacies and lies about the war's conduct forced Ehrhart to confront his own feelings about his government, country and self. Throughout, the reader shares with Ehrhart his odyssey through naivete, growing awareness, angry withdrawal and, finally, a measure of peace.

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Table of Contents

Foreword by Christian G. Appy

Preface

Passing Time

Military History of W.D. Ehrhart

Biographical Sketch


About the author

Memoirist, poet, editor, and Marine veteran W.D. Ehrhart taught English and history at the Haverford School in Haverford, Pennsylvania. The author of twenty books, his prose and poetry have appeared in hundreds of publications including the Los Angeles Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Utne Reader, Reader's Digest, American Poetry Review and the Virginia Quarterly Review. He was a major presence in the Ken Burns and Lynn Novick documentary The Vietnam War.

Product details

Authors W. D. Ehrhart, W.D. Ehrhart
Publisher Ingram Publishers Services
 
Languages English
Age Recommendation from age 18
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 22.11.2022
 
EAN 9781476690490
ISBN 978-1-4766-9049-0
No. of pages 311
Dimensions 152 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
Weight 404 g
Illustrations Raster,schwarz-weiss
Subjects Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

USA, Vietnam, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, Memoirs, Autobiography: historical, political & military, Warfare & defence, United States of America, USA, Warfare and defence, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, c 1955 to c 1975 (Vietnam War period), Vietnam War, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam War

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