Long Ago and Far Away
Auteur : Robert K. Griffith Jr.
Date de publication : 2022-07-01
Éditeur : Dorrance Publishing
Nombre de pages : 112
Résumé du livre
Long Ago and Far Away: Remembering Vietnam Fifty Years On
By: Robert K. Griffith Jr.
Fifty years after the end of U.S. ground combat in Vietnam, Robert K. Griffith Jr. takes a fresh look at his experiences there as a green armored cavalry officer at the height of the fighting in 1968–69. Like others, he endured the shock and horror of battle, as well as its privations and boredom. He also learned the absurdities, humor and ironies of war as they played out on young men thrown together and trying to survive under seemingly impossible circumstances.
After the war, Griffith, a trained historian, gradually came to see the war as a misbegotten tragedy for America and especially for those who fought there. Ultimately, he felt betrayed by the civilian and military leaders who sent him there.