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Item specifics
- Condition
- Signed By
- Gary Skogen
- Signed
- Yes
- Ex Libris
- No
- Features
- First Printing
- Inscribed
- Yes
- Edition
- First Edition
- Vintage
- No
- ISBN
- 9780983405962
- Book Title
- Not All Heroes : an Unapologetic Memoir of the Vietnam War, 1971-1972
- Publisher
- Lewis
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Military / Vietnam War, Personal Memoirs, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Military
- Item Weight
- 21 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 258 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Lewis
ISBN-10
0983405964
ISBN-13
9780983405962
eBay Product ID (ePID)
168430111
Product Key Features
Book Title
Not All Heroes : an Unapologetic Memoir of the Vietnam War, 1971-1972
Number of Pages
258 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Military / Vietnam War, Personal Memoirs, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Military
Publication Year
2013
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
21 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2013-945540
Dewey Edition
22/ger
Dewey Decimal
340.09
Synopsis
This unconventional, unheroic, and unapologetic book is not a typical Vietnam memoir. Together with 80 percent of the two million men and women who served in Vietnam, Skogen spent his time behind the scenes at a large support base. He did not slog on midnight patrols through Viet Cong tunnels or rice paddies studded with booby traps. He spent his year investigating the men who endangered the lives of their fellow soldiers by giving themselves over to unrestrained drug use., Gary Skogen's tour in Vietnam (1971-72) was the best year of his life. Living with fellow CID investigators in an isolated hooch overlooking the South China Sea at the U.S. base at Chu Lai, Skogen enforced military drug laws during his working hours and yet managed to pursue a life of perfect hedonism--far from the farm life in southwestern North Dakota where he grew up. With unlimited access to cheap beer, a wide variety of compliant Vietnamese women, and a jeep he had somehow commandeered, Skogen perfected his criminal investigative skills at a time when U.S. troop morale had reached its nadir. This unconventional, unheroic, and unapologetic book is not a typical Vietnam memoir. Together with 80 percent of the two million men and women who served in Vietnam, Skogen spent his time behind the scenes at a large support base. He did not slog on midnight patrols through Viet Cong tunnels or rice paddies studded with booby traps. He spent his year investigating the men who endangered the lives of their fellow soldiers by giving themselves over to unrestrained drug use. Skogen's gritty narrative proves that some whose names are incised on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall died in less than heroic circumstances. Backed by impeccable research in the files of the National Archives and Records Administration, this unromanticized account reveals the sordidness of the war in its late phases, and questions the validity of seeing all Vietnam veterans as victims. Originally entitled "The Best of Times," "Not All Heroes" is really two beautifully integrated narratives in one: a gripping account of the "Apocalypse Now" endgame of the Vietnam War, and a M*A*S*H-like romp through Skogen's yearlong tropical vacation in a pleasure ground where sexual favors were too cheap to meter., Gary Skogen's tour in Vietnam (1971-72) was the best year of his life. Living with fellow CID investigators in an isolated hooch overlooking the South China Sea at the U.S. base at Chu Lai, Skogen enforced military drug laws during his working hours and yet managed to pursue a life of perfect hedonism--far from the farm life in southwestern North Dakota where he grew up. With unlimited access to cheap beer, a wide variety of compliant Vietnamese women, and a jeep he had somehow commandeered, Skogen perfected his criminal investigative skills at a time when U.S. troop morale had reached its nadir. This unconventional, unheroic, and unapologetic book is not a typical Vietnam memoir. Together with 80 percent of the two million men and women who served in Vietnam, Skogen spent his time behind the scenes at a large support base. He did not slog on midnight patrols through Viet Cong tunnels or rice paddies studded with booby traps. He spent his year investigating the men who endangered the lives of their fellow soldiers by giving themselves over to unrestrained drug use. Skogen's gritty narrative proves that some whose names are incised on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall died in less than heroic circumstances. Backed by impeccable research in the files of the National Archives and Records Administration, this unromanticized account reveals the sordidness of the war in its late phases, and questions the validity of seeing all Vietnam veterans as victims. Originally entitled The Best of Times , Not All Heroes is really two beautifully integrated narratives in one: a gripping account of the Apocalypse Now endgame of the Vietnam War, and a M*A*S*H-like romp through Skogen's yearlong tropical vacation in a pleasure ground where sexual favors were too cheap to meter.
LC Classification Number
DS559.5.S5355 2013
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- s***o (542)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseSo please Great to do deals with very accommodating. Great communication and the package was well wrapped and makes fragile. The model is in the exact shape it was described in and I could not be happier with my purchase. Highly recommend. Fast shipping too. A++
- e***i (838)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThis Hamlin‘s wizard Oil bottle arrived in very very good condition. It is a beautiful aqua blue very light color and you can see all the air bubbles because it’s from the 1800s. I really like it a lot!! It is actually a part of the early American history when they have the snake oil salesmantaking people’s money. The bottle came exactly as described in the shipping was very reasonable! The seller was super nice and explain things and was an excellent businessman. Thank you very much for this pi