Life and Death in the Central Highlands - An American Sergeant in the Vietnam War, 1968-1970

Informationen zum Autor JAMES T. GILLAM is professor of history at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. He holds a doctorate in Chinese history from The Ohio State University and has served as editor of the Southeastern Review of Asian Studies . Gillam has published numerous essays for scholarly journals and contributed expert commentary on a History Channel documentary about tunnel warfare. Klappentext Drafted into the Army in 1968, Gillam transformed from an uncertain sergeant to an aggressive soldier, serving in Vietnam and Cambodia. As a regular point man and occasional tunnel rat who fought below ground, the killing became close range and brutal. Gillam left the Army in 1970, and he was once again a college student and destined to become a university professor. Zusammenfassung Provides a gripping, personal account of one soldier’s service in the Vietnam War.

Product details

• Authors: James T Gillam, James T. Gillam
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2010
• EAN: 9781574412925
• ISBN: 978-1-57441-292-5
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: North Texas Military Biography; North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series; North Texas Military Biography
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration