Born From War: A Soldierâ s Quest to Understand Vietnam, Iraq, and the Generational Impact of Conflict

Naughton Jr., Patrick W.

ISBN 10: 1636245145 / ISBN 13: 9781636245140

Verlag: Casemate, 2025

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No dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers mon0003787102

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Born From War: A Soldierâ s Quest to Understand Vietnam, Iraq, and the Generational Impact of Conflict
• Verlag: Casemate
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1636245145
• ISBN-13: 9781636245140
• Einband: hardcover
• Zustand: Good

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Patrick Naughton’s father barely spoke of his time in Vietnam to his family, yet his service was the sole reason Patrick joined the U.S. Army as a teenager. Patrick Naughton Sr served in Vietnam with the 82nd Airborne and advising the South Vietnamese Army, while Patrick himself would serve in Iraq. Three decades of history and politics divided their service yet the similarities between their experiences are undeniably striking. Patrick’s attempts to understand his father led to a search for those who served with him in Vietnam, an examination of the personal relationship of a father and son whose few connections have been war, and a quest to understand war and its undeniable generational influence. The result is an engaging and eye-opening weaving together of the combat experiences of two generations of a military family. From the failure of grand stratagem, through personal combat stories, and the memories of those lost―America’s wars against communism and terror are laid raw through the experiences of one family.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Patrick Naughton is a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army and a military historian. Currently, he is an instructor at the US Army’s Command and General Staff College (CGSC) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Patrick is also currently serving as a Fellow with the Simons Center for Ethical Leadership and InterAgency Cooperation, a program of the CGSC Foundation. In addition to various tactical, operational, and strategic assignments held over 28 years in the Army, Patrick has also served as a legislative liaison to the US Senate, an interagency fellow with the Department of Labor, and a Congressional partnership program fellow with the Partnership for a Secure America. He has also served as a senior fellow with West Point’s Center for Junior Officers. Patrick is also a recipient of the General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award. He holds a master’s degree in history from CGSC, where he was an Art of War Scholar, and a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Patrick has published with over a dozen peer-reviewed history and national security journals. His work can be found at www.patnaughton.com. Patrick lives in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas with his wife Sheila and three-year-old son Thomas. The views expressed therein are those of the author and not of the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense, or any agency of the US Government.