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War Lessons : How I Fought to Be a Hero and Learned That War Is Terror by John Merson (2008, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorth Atlantic Books
ISBN-101583942092
ISBN-139781583942093
eBay Product ID (ePID)62414807
Product Key Features
Book TitleWar Lessons : How I Fought to Be a Hero and Learned That War Is Terror
Number of Pages152 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / Vietnam War, Personal Memoirs, Military
Publication Year2008
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorJohn Merson
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight8.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2008-006232
Dewey Edition22
Reviews" War Lessons is a timeless exploration of the horror and excitement of war for the individual soldier, as indelible as the scars war leaves on the soldier's soul. The book is one that should be read by everyone who cares about the fate and future of our nation's defenders." -Jan Scruggs, founder and board chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation "This book is about death and rebirth, a tale of how one veteran overcame his guilt and anger from the battlefield by getting to know and helping to rebuild the country he had been trained to destroy." -From the foreword by Ken Bacon, president of Refugees International "More than military memoir, Merson combines his experiences and writes of the limitations of war with considerations on how to prevent it, and proposes a variety of alternatives to war that are certainly compelling. This book should be on the desk of all world leaders who consider war as the only option to the solution of national differences." - Midwest Book Review, "War Lessonsis a timeless exploration of the horror and excitement of war for the individual soldier, as indelible as the scars war leaves on the soldier's soul. The book is one that should be read by everyone who cares about the fate and future of our nation's defenders." -Jan Scruggs, founder and board chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation "This book is about death and rebirth, a tale of how one veteran overcame his guilt and anger from the battlefield by getting to know and helping to rebuild the country he had been trained to destroy." -From the foreword by Ken Bacon, president of Refugees International
Dewey Decimal959.704/3373092
Table Of ContentForeword by Ken Bacon ix Acknowledgments xv One: Learning to Be a Soldier 1 Two: Policy versus Results 11 Three: Support the Troops 25 Four: "Take Me in Your Arms, Rescue Me" 35 Five: Health Care 43 Six: Death and Remembering 51 Seven: Massacre at Dai Loc 59 Eight: Heroism 71 Nine: The Weight of Memory 81 Ten: Mentoring 87 Eleven: Doing the Blend 93 Twelve: How Long Is a War? 99 Thirteen: Home at Last 105 Postscript 113 Appendix 1: United States-Vietnam Timeline 121 Appendix 2: Personal Timeline 123 Appendix 3: Map of Vietnam 125 Related Books and Movies 127 Reader's Guide 131 About the Author 133
SynopsisMilitary memoirs abound, but few prove to be trustworthy accounts free of spin, bravura, or military glitter. John Merson's War Lessons takes a rare reflective approach to this pressing issue of our time. In vivid, unadorned prose, he interweaves his own experiences in war with thoughtful assessments of how to prevent it. He highlights the daily experience of combat from the perspective of both the foot soldier and the villager in whose home the war is being fought. When he leaves Vietnam, Merson begins an odyssey that brings him back eight times. The book limns this process as a poignant personal voyage and the author struggles to understand why young people are drawn to war, how it changes those who fight it, why its destructive effects persist on both sides, how former enemies reconcile, and how soldiers wanted to be treated and remembered by the citizens who send them to war. War Lessons also offers hope, suggesting strategies for young people to help the world reclaim its humanity through healing actions such as participating in UN peacekeeping programs, working to prosecute war crimes, and protecting refugees.
LC Classification NumberDS559.5.M466 2008
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