Author: Rick St John
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998854212
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Tiger Bravo¿s War follows a band of young paratroopers, from the same battalion in the 101st Airborne Division portrayed in Stephen Ambrose¿s World War II bestseller Band of Brothers, during their first year in combat in the Vietnam War --- from a bayonet charge in War Zone D and street fighting during the 1968 Tet Offensive, to a rescue mission of a surrounded platoon and rock and roll in the company mess hall, and much more. Thirty of their number would be killed in action, and collectively they would amass a staggering 150 Purple Hearts. It is also a book about everyday life in a war zone and the strange, often harsh, sometimes beautiful, tropical environment in which the war was fought. Lastly, it is a soldier¿s tale of the young men of Tiger Bravo ---- the son of a World War II Japanese fighter pilot, who wins a Silver Star fighting as an American infantryman; the tough kid from rural Texas, who leaves a job cleaning astronaut offices in Houston to volunteer to be a paratrooper; the medic, abandoned by his mother, who would find in Tiger Bravo the family he never had, and over a dozen more with their own unique stories.
Tiger Bravo's War
Author: Rick St John
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998854212
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Tiger Bravo¿s War follows a band of young paratroopers, from the same battalion in the 101st Airborne Division portrayed in Stephen Ambrose¿s World War II bestseller Band of Brothers, during their first year in combat in the Vietnam War --- from a bayonet charge in War Zone D and street fighting during the 1968 Tet Offensive, to a rescue mission of a surrounded platoon and rock and roll in the company mess hall, and much more. Thirty of their number would be killed in action, and collectively they would amass a staggering 150 Purple Hearts. It is also a book about everyday life in a war zone and the strange, often harsh, sometimes beautiful, tropical environment in which the war was fought. Lastly, it is a soldier¿s tale of the young men of Tiger Bravo ---- the son of a World War II Japanese fighter pilot, who wins a Silver Star fighting as an American infantryman; the tough kid from rural Texas, who leaves a job cleaning astronaut offices in Houston to volunteer to be a paratrooper; the medic, abandoned by his mother, who would find in Tiger Bravo the family he never had, and over a dozen more with their own unique stories.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998854212
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Tiger Bravo¿s War follows a band of young paratroopers, from the same battalion in the 101st Airborne Division portrayed in Stephen Ambrose¿s World War II bestseller Band of Brothers, during their first year in combat in the Vietnam War --- from a bayonet charge in War Zone D and street fighting during the 1968 Tet Offensive, to a rescue mission of a surrounded platoon and rock and roll in the company mess hall, and much more. Thirty of their number would be killed in action, and collectively they would amass a staggering 150 Purple Hearts. It is also a book about everyday life in a war zone and the strange, often harsh, sometimes beautiful, tropical environment in which the war was fought. Lastly, it is a soldier¿s tale of the young men of Tiger Bravo ---- the son of a World War II Japanese fighter pilot, who wins a Silver Star fighting as an American infantryman; the tough kid from rural Texas, who leaves a job cleaning astronaut offices in Houston to volunteer to be a paratrooper; the medic, abandoned by his mother, who would find in Tiger Bravo the family he never had, and over a dozen more with their own unique stories.
Tiger Bravo's War
Author: Rick St. John
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998854205
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
FOR FANS OF BAND OF BROTHERS - - - "this is a magnificent book that follows an elite, parachute infantry company across incredibly dangerous battlefields during the Vietnam War." (Lieutenant General (Ret) David E Grange Jr.) Tiger Bravo's War accompanies a band of young paratroopers, from the same battalion in the elite 101st Airborne Division portrayed in Stephen Ambrose's World War II bestseller Band of Brothers, during their first year in combat in the Vietnam War --- from a bayonet charge in War Zone D and street fighting during the 1968 Tet Offensive, to a rescue mission of a surrounded platoon and rock and roll in the company mess hall, and much more. Thirty of their number would be killed in action, and collectively they would amass a staggering 150 Purple Hearts. It is also a book about everyday life in a war zone and the strange, often harsh, sometimes beautiful, tropical environment in which the war was fought. Lastly, it is a soldier's tale of the young men of Tiger Bravo ---- the son of a World War II Japanese fighter pilot, who wins a Silver Star fighting as an American infantryman; the tough kid from rural Texas, who leaves a job cleaning astronaut offices in Houston to volunteer to be a paratrooper; the medic, abandoned by his mother, who would find in Tiger Bravo the family he never had, and over a dozen more with their own unique stories.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998854205
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
FOR FANS OF BAND OF BROTHERS - - - "this is a magnificent book that follows an elite, parachute infantry company across incredibly dangerous battlefields during the Vietnam War." (Lieutenant General (Ret) David E Grange Jr.) Tiger Bravo's War accompanies a band of young paratroopers, from the same battalion in the elite 101st Airborne Division portrayed in Stephen Ambrose's World War II bestseller Band of Brothers, during their first year in combat in the Vietnam War --- from a bayonet charge in War Zone D and street fighting during the 1968 Tet Offensive, to a rescue mission of a surrounded platoon and rock and roll in the company mess hall, and much more. Thirty of their number would be killed in action, and collectively they would amass a staggering 150 Purple Hearts. It is also a book about everyday life in a war zone and the strange, often harsh, sometimes beautiful, tropical environment in which the war was fought. Lastly, it is a soldier's tale of the young men of Tiger Bravo ---- the son of a World War II Japanese fighter pilot, who wins a Silver Star fighting as an American infantryman; the tough kid from rural Texas, who leaves a job cleaning astronaut offices in Houston to volunteer to be a paratrooper; the medic, abandoned by his mother, who would find in Tiger Bravo the family he never had, and over a dozen more with their own unique stories.
On the Trail of the Yellow Tiger
Author: Kenneth Swope
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803249950
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
"Examination of the social and demographic effects of the Ming-Qing transition on southwest China and the devastation wrought by the warlord Zhang Xianzhong"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803249950
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
"Examination of the social and demographic effects of the Ming-Qing transition on southwest China and the devastation wrought by the warlord Zhang Xianzhong"--Provided by publisher.
The Tiger-Slayer: A Tale of the Indian Desert
Author: Gustave Aimard
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040464096
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040464096
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
The Tiger-slayer
Author: Gustave Aimard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The tiger-slayer, by Gustave Aimard [tr. by sir F.C.L. Wraxall].
Author: Olivier Gloux
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Martha Graham's Cold War
Author: Victoria Phillips
Publisher:
ISBN: 0190610360
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
""I am not a propagandist," declared the matriarch of American modern dance Martha Graham while on her State Department funded-tour in 1955. Graham's claim inspires questions: the United States government exported Graham and her company internationally to over twenty-seven countries in Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, the Near and Far East, and Russia representing every seated president from Dwight D. Eisenhower through Ronald Reagan, and planned under George H.W. Bush. Although in the diplomatic field, she was titled "The Picasso of modern dance," and "Forever Modern" in later years, Graham proclaimed, "I am not a modernist." During the Cold War, the reconfigured history of modernism as apolitical in its expression of "the heart and soul of mankind," suited political needs abroad. In addition, she declared, "I am not a feminist," yet she intersected with politically powerful women from Eleanor Roosevelt, Eleanor Dulles, sister of Eisenhower's Dulles brothers in the State Department and CIA, Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Betty Ford, and political matriarch Barbara Bush. While bringing religious characters on the frontier and biblical characters to the stage in a battle against the atheist communists, Graham explained, "I am not a missionary." Her work promoted the United States as modern, culturally sophisticated, racially and culturally integrated. To her abstract and mythic works, she added the trope of the American frontier. With her tours and Cold War modernism, Graham demonstrates the power of the individual, immigrants, republicanism, and, ultimately freedom from walls and metaphorical fences with cultural diplomacy with the unfettered language of movement and dance"--
Publisher:
ISBN: 0190610360
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
""I am not a propagandist," declared the matriarch of American modern dance Martha Graham while on her State Department funded-tour in 1955. Graham's claim inspires questions: the United States government exported Graham and her company internationally to over twenty-seven countries in Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, the Near and Far East, and Russia representing every seated president from Dwight D. Eisenhower through Ronald Reagan, and planned under George H.W. Bush. Although in the diplomatic field, she was titled "The Picasso of modern dance," and "Forever Modern" in later years, Graham proclaimed, "I am not a modernist." During the Cold War, the reconfigured history of modernism as apolitical in its expression of "the heart and soul of mankind," suited political needs abroad. In addition, she declared, "I am not a feminist," yet she intersected with politically powerful women from Eleanor Roosevelt, Eleanor Dulles, sister of Eisenhower's Dulles brothers in the State Department and CIA, Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Betty Ford, and political matriarch Barbara Bush. While bringing religious characters on the frontier and biblical characters to the stage in a battle against the atheist communists, Graham explained, "I am not a missionary." Her work promoted the United States as modern, culturally sophisticated, racially and culturally integrated. To her abstract and mythic works, she added the trope of the American frontier. With her tours and Cold War modernism, Graham demonstrates the power of the individual, immigrants, republicanism, and, ultimately freedom from walls and metaphorical fences with cultural diplomacy with the unfettered language of movement and dance"--
War Department, Office of the Chief of Staff, War College Division, General Staff
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Motion Picture Herald
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Tiger-lilies
Author: Sidney Lanier
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
"Tiger-Lilies is actually a somewhat autobiographical book. In it, Lanier analyzes the relationship between a Northerner and a Southerner throughout the Civil War. As a Southerner who had fought for the Confederate army, Lanier had experienced the war firsthand, both on the battlefield and as a prisoner of war. These experiences are recognizable in the battle scenes especially, which are considered some of the most realistic representations of Civil War combat in literature. Ultimately, Tiger-Lilies can be interpreted as an anti-war novel and one of Lanier's less successful endeavors in the course of his career."--The History Engine
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
"Tiger-Lilies is actually a somewhat autobiographical book. In it, Lanier analyzes the relationship between a Northerner and a Southerner throughout the Civil War. As a Southerner who had fought for the Confederate army, Lanier had experienced the war firsthand, both on the battlefield and as a prisoner of war. These experiences are recognizable in the battle scenes especially, which are considered some of the most realistic representations of Civil War combat in literature. Ultimately, Tiger-Lilies can be interpreted as an anti-war novel and one of Lanier's less successful endeavors in the course of his career."--The History Engine