Take Care and Think Peace (Paperback)

Virginia O. Mullins

ISBN 10: 1671535286 / ISBN 13: 9781671535282

Published by Independently Published, 2019

About this Item

Paperback. While a soldier in Vietnam, Dail and his mother Gin exchanged over two hundred letters describing their daily lives in 1969-70. Their correspondence reveals the intimacies and anxieties of a close family relationship during the most unpopular and senseless war in American history. This collection provides a lens into the realities of that war for both a grunt in Vietnam and a Midwestern suburban housewife, revealing through disparate experiences the fears, vulnerabilities, hopes, outrages, and agonies that consumed American culture during that era. Here is an excerpt from Dail's letter of 10 September 1969: "Kids are dying out in the jungle, entire villages succumb to Napalm, hairy anthropoids with sergeant's stripes and U.S. Army tattoos keep getting their combat thrills, and Nixon plays golf-day after day." This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Take Care and Think Peace (Paperback)
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1671535286
• ISBN 13: 9781671535282
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

While a soldier in Vietnam, Dail and his mother Gin exchanged over two hundred letters describing their daily lives in 1969–70. Their correspondence reveals the intimacies and anxieties of a close family relationship during the most unpopular and senseless war in American history. This collection provides a lens into the realities of that war for both a grunt in Vietnam and a Midwestern suburban housewife, revealing through disparate experiences the fears, vulnerabilities, hopes, outrages, and agonies that consumed American culture during that era. Here is an excerpt from Dail’s letter of 10 September 1969: “Kids are dying out in the jungle, entire villages succumb to Napalm, hairy anthropoids with sergeant’s stripes and U.S. Army tattoos keep getting their combat thrills, and Nixon plays golf—day after day.”