- Publisher: Osprey
- Year: 2019
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 400pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 232x152mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.6kg
- ISBN: 9781472827463
- Product code: 541857
Charlie Company Journeys Home
The Forgotten Impact on the Wives of Vietnam Veterans
Andrew Wiest New Paperback Illustrated
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The soldiers who were sent to Vietnam left behind over a million wives and 600,000 children. Based on interviews with the women whose husbands served with 24 Charlie Company, this volume reveals the impact that the draft had on their lives through stories of ‘silent bravery, desperate despair, bitter defeat, and triumphant victory’.
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Using countless interviews as well as original diaries and letters, Andrew Wiest lays bare the horror of the Vietnam War for those left behind and the enduring battles they must continue to fight long after their loved ones have returned home.
The human experience of the Vietnam War is almost impossible to grasp - the camaraderie, the fear, the smell, the pain. Men were transformed into soldiers, and then into warriors.
These warriors had wives who loved them and shared in their transformations. Some marriages were strengthened, while for others there was all too often a dark side, leaving men and their families emotionally and spiritually battered for years to come.
Focusing in on just one company's experience of war and its eventual homecoming, Wiest shines a light on the shared experience of combat and both the darkness and resiliency of war's aftermath.
The human experience of the Vietnam War is almost impossible to grasp - the camaraderie, the fear, the smell, the pain. Men were transformed into soldiers, and then into warriors.
These warriors had wives who loved them and shared in their transformations. Some marriages were strengthened, while for others there was all too often a dark side, leaving men and their families emotionally and spiritually battered for years to come.
Focusing in on just one company's experience of war and its eventual homecoming, Wiest shines a light on the shared experience of combat and both the darkness and resiliency of war's aftermath.
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The soldiers who were sent to Vietnam left behind over a million wives and 600,000 children. Based on interviews with the women whose husbands served with 24 Charlie Company, this volume reveals the impact that the draft had on their lives through stories of ‘silent bravery, desperate despair, bitter defeat, and triumphant victory’.
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