Troubled Hero: A Medal of Honor, Vietnam, and the War at Home, Randy K. Mills
Автор: Monsoor, George Название: Defend us in battle ISBN: 0785290591 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780785290599 Издательство: McGraw-Hill Рейтинг: Цена: 3432.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: When US Navy SEAL Michael Monsoor sacrificed his life by stepping in front of a live grenade to save his comrades during Operation Iraqi Freedom, he inspired thousands around the world and reminded us that freedom is never free.
Автор: Monsoor, George Название: Defend us in battle ISBN: 0785290664 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780785290667 Издательство: McGraw-Hill Рейтинг: Цена: 2057.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: If you believe that America has the greatest health care system in the world then this book is probably not for you. The truth is that our health care system is riddled with deeply rooted flaws. It is certainly not the product of intelligent design. Too often it has put profits ahead of good science and cost-effectiveness. Unfortunately, the system is highly resistant to change because of all the powerful players who have a vested interest in the status quo. Nevertheless, Americans deserve better. We have the technology. We have the resources. What is needed is a vision. And a blueprint. The vision and the blueprint in this book are the product of over thirty years of observations and experience in the field of medicine, from my education and training at highly regarded academic institutions to my practice of neurology at a county-owned safety net hospital in the heart of Silicon Valley. The solutions to the problems that are afflicting our current system are within our reach. Many of these solutions already exist, but cannot be fully utilized because of the extremely fragmented structure of our health care system and because of the absence of proper incentives for rational best practices. Doctors are burning out, at a rate of up to 50% in some specialties, because at some level they realize that they are working in a broken system. Of course, people are afraid of changes that are needed. Nevertheless, the benefits will be enormous. Better health care for less money will be worth it. No longer will patients, doctors, and insurance companies find sometimes find themselves in a three-way adversarial relationship. This Gold Medal System will restore the doctor-patient relationship to the sacred status that is deserves.
Автор: Arnold R. Isaacs Название: Without Honor: Defeat in Vietnam and Cambodia, Updated Edition ISBN: 1476686351 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476686356 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 8593.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In its revised and expanded second edition, this book provides a detailed review of the end of Vietnam War, showing the effects of reduced military aid to South Vietnam from 1972 to the Fall of Saigon. Drawing on the author`s eyewitness reporting and extensive research, the war`s harrowing final months are depicted.
Widely acclaimed as the Vietnam War's most highly decorated soldier, Joe Ronnie Hooper in many ways serves as a symbol for that conflict. His troubled, tempestuous life paralleled the upheavals in American society during the 1960s and 1970s, and his desperate quest to prove his manhood was uncomfortably akin to the macho image projected by three successive presidents in their "tough" policy in Southeast Asia. Looking for a Hero extracts the real Joe Hooper from the welter of lies and myths that swirl around his story; in doing so, the book uncovers not only the complicated truth about an American hero but also the story of how Hooper's war was lost in Vietnam, not at home.
Extensive interviews with friends, fellow soldiers, and family members reveal Hooper as a complex, gifted, and disturbed man. They also expose the flaws in his most famous and treasured accomplishment: earning the Medal of Honor. In the distortions, half-truths, and outright lies that mar Hooper's medal of honor file, authors Peter Maslowski and Don Winslow find a painful reflection of the army's inability to be honest with itself and the American public, with all the dire consequences that this dishonesty ultimately entailed. In the inextricably linked stories of Hooper and the Vietnam War, the nature of that deceit, and of America's defeat, becomes clear.
Автор: Schanzenbach Captain Usmc Douglas Название: Vietnam: My Long Journey Home ISBN: 1645447634 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781645447634 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1648.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Larry Ray Smith, Tracy Smith Название: Send Me Pennies from Vietnam: A Sister at Home, a Brother at War ISBN: 147669463X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476694634 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 4712.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Mccarthy, Gerald A. Название: Hitchhiking home from danang ISBN: 147669284X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476692845 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 4712.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Gerald McCarthy enlisted in the Marines at 17 and volunteered for Vietnam. After the war he went AWOL, then to civilian jails and military brigs and finally to a Navy psychiatric ward, where he witnessed patient-attempted suicides. Medically discharged, he returned home to upstate New York and piecework in shoe factories. Written in two voices--one lucid, one dreamlike--his memoir delivers a jump-cut narrative of his troubled adolescence, his wartime experiences and his struggle to come unstuck from his own life.
Описание: Joseph A. Fry's Letters from the Southern Home Front explores the diversity of public opinion on the Vietnam War within the American South. Fry examines correspondence sent by hundreds of individuals, of differing ages, genders, racial backgrounds, political views, and economic status, reflecting a broad swath of the southern population. These letters, addressed to high-profile political figures and influential newspapers, took up a myriad of war-related issues. Their messages enhance our understanding of the South and the United States as a whole as we continue to grapple with the significance of this devastating and divisive conflict.
Описание: Joseph A. Fry's Letters from the Southern Home Front explores the diversity of public opinion on the Vietnam War within the American South. Fry examines correspondence sent by hundreds of individuals, of differing ages, genders, racial backgrounds, political views, and economic status, reflecting a broad swath of the southern population. These letters, addressed to high-profile political figures and influential newspapers, took up a myriad of war-related issues. Their messages enhance our understanding of the South and the United States as a whole as we continue to grapple with the significance of this devastating and divisive conflict.
Автор: Berger Bruce K. Название: Fragments: The long coming home from Vietnam ISBN: 0985504811 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780985504816 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1905.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bruce Berger, the author, finally came home 50 years after the Vietnam war when his memories crystallized into the 34 poems in this chapbook. He shipped to Vietnam as an Infantryman in 1970 but was assigned most of the year to the Casualty Branch of the 101st Airborne Division at Camp Eagle, near Phu Bai. As "next-of-kin" editor, he wrote hundreds of sympathy letters to grieving families back home for loss of their soldier, and sometimes helped gather fallen brothers on battle grounds to begin their long journeys home.
Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Through this lens, his poems evoke an overwhelming sense of loss on many fronts: the brave American soldiers who gave their lives in the long war; a village of South Vietnamese widows; the thousands of bui doi, innocent but reviled half-breed (Amerasian) children; the empty afterness of battle grounds and burials; the long, deadly reach of Agent Orange and PTSD into veterans' lives still today; and the thunderous silence of missing parades back home. Writing these poems brought him home. Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many of the poems are illustrated with artwork created by members of the Providence Art Club in Rhode Island. All earnings from this book will be donated to the Vietnam Veterans of America.
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