The Only War We've Got: Early Days in South Vietnam - Softcover
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When I was trekking through South Vietnam in the spring and summer of 1964, I would lodge a suitcase with some friendly American soldier. It contained a change of clothes, a portable typewriter, and 200 sheets of yellow "copy paper," as it was called by newspapermen of the day. Once a week, or more often if I could, I came out of the field and sat down with that typewriter and wrote about my travels. I mailed the typescript to a pal at home who promised to send a $20 bill to the return address on the envelope. (I then took the bill to the local money changer at the black market rate.) Less often, I wrote an article for Carey McWilliams at The Nation magazine, who in turn sent the $65 fee to that same pal. In this way I financed my months in Vietnam.
Nearly forty years later, I happened to read my accounts of Saigon, the Mekong Delta, the Central Highlands, and the seacoast. I felt the heat again, and the thirst and the mosquitoes -- the good fellowship of the American, Vietnamese, and Montagnard troops -- the taste of iodine from my canteen -- and most of all, the optimism and innocence that we all felt about America's adventure in Southeast Asia. So here it is, just as it was written, before anyone guessed how badly it would all turn out. -- Daniel Ford, August 2017
About the Author:
Nearly forty years later, I happened to read my accounts of Saigon, the Mekong Delta, the Central Highlands, and the seacoast. I felt the heat again, and the thirst and the mosquitoes -- the good fellowship of the American, Vietnamese, and Montagnard troops -- the taste of iodine from my canteen -- and most of all, the optimism and innocence that we all felt about America's adventure in Southeast Asia. So here it is, just as it was written, before anyone guessed how badly it would all turn out. -- Daniel Ford, August 2017
Daniel Ford has spent a lifetime reading and writing about the wars of the past hundred years, from the Irish rebellion of 1916 to the counter-guerrilla operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is best known for his history of the American Volunteer Group--the 'Flying Tigers' of the Second World War--and his Vietnam novel that was filmed as Go Tell the Spartans, starring Burt Lancaster. Most recently, he has turned to the invasion of Poland in 1939 by Germany and Soviet Russia. Most of his books and many shorter pieces are available for Amazon's Kindle ebook reader. He lives and works in New Hampshire.
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- PublisherAuthors Choice Pr
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0595175511
- ISBN 13 9780595175512
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
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