Fighting Shadows in Vietnam
A Combat Memoir
Nonfiction, History, Military, Vietnam War, Asian, Biography & Memoir, Historical
| Author: | Michael P. Moynihan | ISBN: | 9781476613505 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers | Publication: | January 23, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Michael P. Moynihan |
| ISBN: | 9781476613505 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |
| Publication: | January 23, 2014 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
In this memoir, set as deeply in his mind as in the Southeast Asian jungle, a young American soldier embarks on a journey to a war that, for him, will never be over. The world was a playground for Mickey, a naïve Irish American kid bored with his life. His father served in World War II, his brother was a Marine in Vietnam; now it was his turn. His 365 days in the hell that was Vietnam builds in torment until an attack on a bunker complex in Cambodia. Wounded, his friend captured, he becomes a tormented survivor knowing he is always just a heartbeat from death. His adventure-turned-nightmare brings a visceral understanding of the words penned by Thoreau, the very same words Mickey’s father spoke throughout Mickey’s youth: “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation,” especially those at war. This memoir chronicles the key perspective–shaping experiences of a U.S. Army grunt fighting in Vietnam.
In this memoir, set as deeply in his mind as in the Southeast Asian jungle, a young American soldier embarks on a journey to a war that, for him, will never be over. The world was a playground for Mickey, a naïve Irish American kid bored with his life. His father served in World War II, his brother was a Marine in Vietnam; now it was his turn. His 365 days in the hell that was Vietnam builds in torment until an attack on a bunker complex in Cambodia. Wounded, his friend captured, he becomes a tormented survivor knowing he is always just a heartbeat from death. His adventure-turned-nightmare brings a visceral understanding of the words penned by Thoreau, the very same words Mickey’s father spoke throughout Mickey’s youth: “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation,” especially those at war. This memoir chronicles the key perspective–shaping experiences of a U.S. Army grunt fighting in Vietnam.
