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Lurps: A Ranger's Diary of Tet, Khe Sanh, A Shau, and Quang Tri - Softcover

Robert C. Ankony

 
9780761843726: Lurps: A Ranger's Diary of Tet, Khe Sanh, A Shau, and Quang Tri
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0761843728 ISBN 13: 9780761843726
Verlag: Hamilton Books, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

Lurps is the revised edition of the memoir of a juvenile delinquent who drops out of ninth grade to chase his dream of military service. After volunteering for Vietnam, he joins the elite U.S. Army LRRP/Rangers—small, heavily armed long-range reconnaissance teams that patrol deep in enemy-held territory. It is 1968, and the Lurps find themselves in some of the wars hairiest campaigns and battles, including Tet, Khe Sanh, and A Shau. Readers witness all the horrors, humor, adrenaline, and unexpected beauty through the eyes of a green young warrior. Gone are the heroic clichés and bravado as compelling narrative and realistic dialogue sweep the reader along with a powerful sense that this is actually happening.

This poignant coming-of-age story explores the social background that shaped the protagonists thinking, his uncertain quest for redemption through increased responsibility, the brotherhood of comrades in arms, women and sexual awakening, and the baffling randomness of who lives and who dies.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Robert C. Ankony served in the U.S. Army from 1965 to 1968. He was honored with a Bronze Star Medal, an Air Medal, and a Combat Infantry Badge for his military service. He was a Detective/Sergeant in Detroit's Wayne County Sheriff Department before his retirement in 1984. Presently, he is the Director of CFM Research. Dr. Ankony received his Ph.D. in Criminology, MA in Sociology, and MS in Criminal Justice from Wayne State University; and a Master of Correctional Sciences from the University of Detroit. He has published multiple journal articles on military history and criminal justice.

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Verlag
Hamilton Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0761843728
ISBN 13 
9780761843726
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
306
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