Author Last Name,
Author First Name,
Pages,
Binding,
Edition,
ISBN 10,
ISBN 13,
Condition,
Publisher,
Date Published,
Specifications
Author Last Name:
Timberg
Author First Name:
Robert
Pages:
556
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
Illustrated
ISBN 10:
0684826739
ISBN 13:
9780684826738
Condition:
Used
Publisher:
Free Press
Date Published:
9/11/1996
Genre:
Politics
Description
Robert Timberg weaves together the lives of Annapolis graduates John McCain, James Webb, Oliver North, Robert McFarlane, and John Poindexter to reveal how the Vietnam War continues to haunt America. Casting all five men as metaphors for a legion of well-meaning if ill-starred warriors, Timberg probes the fault line between those who fought the war and those who used money, wit, and connections to avoid battle. A riveting tale that illuminates the flip side of the fabled Vietnam generation — those who went.
This astonishing tale of five of Annapolis's best and brightest--Oliver North, Bud McFarlane, John Poindexter, John McCain, and Jim Webb--recounts how the most divisive American war of the 20th century, the Vietnam conflict, came back to haunt the nation during the reign of Ronald Reagan. Photos.
