Casualties Of War
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Casualties Of War
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Author : Daniel Lang
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2014-12-16
Casualties Of War written by Daniel Lang and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-16 with History categories.
The searing account of a war crime and one soldier’s heroic efforts to bring the perpetrators to justice First published in the New Yorker in 1969 and later adapted into an acclaimed film starring Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn, Casualties of War is the shocking true story of the abduction, rape, and murder of a young Vietnamese woman by US soldiers. Before setting out on a five-day reconnaissance mission in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam, Sergeant Tony Meserve told the four men under his command that their first objective would be to kidnap a girl and bring her along “for the morale of the squad.” At the end of the mission, Meserve said, they would kill their victim and dispose of the body to avoid prosecution for abduction and rape—capital crimes in the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Private First Class Sven Eriksson was the only member of the patrol who refused to participate in the atrocity. Haunted by his inability to save the young woman’s life, he vowed to see Meserve and the others convicted of their crimes. Faced with the cynical indifference of his commanding officers and outright hostility from his fellow infantrymen, Eriksson had the tenacity to persevere. He went on to serve as the government’s chief witness in four courts-martial related to the infamous Incident on Hill 192. A masterpiece of contemporary journalism, Casualties of War is a clear-eyed, powerfully affecting portrait of the horrors of warfare and the true meaning of courage.
Providing For The Casualties Of War
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Author : Bernard D. Rostker
language : en
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Release Date : 2013-04-29
Providing For The Casualties Of War written by Bernard D. Rostker and has been published by Rand Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-29 with Medical categories.
War has always been a dangerous business, bringing injury, wounds, and death, and--until recently--often disease. What has changed over time, most dramatically in the last 150 or so years, is the care these casualties receive and who provides it. This book looks at the history of how humanity has cared for its war casualties and veterans, from ancient times through the aftermath of World War II.
Casualties Of War
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Author : Brian De Palma
language : un
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Casualties Of War written by Brian De Palma and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with DVD collection categories.
" ... based on the true story of a squad of soldiers caught in the moral quagmire of wartime Vietnam. Witness to a vile crime, Private Eriksson is forced to stand alone against his fellow soldiers and commanding officer Sergeant Meserve, a powerful and charismatic man pushed over the edge of barbarism by the terror and brutality of combat." [box cover note].
Civilian Casualties In War
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Author : Barbara Krasner
language : en
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Release Date : 2018-07-15
Civilian Casualties In War written by Barbara Krasner and has been published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-15 with Young Adult Nonfiction categories.
According to UNICEF, the number of civilian casualties in war climbed from 5 percent at the turn of the twentieth century to more than 90 percent at the end of that century. Additionally, the current war against ISIS has racked up a staggering number of civilian deaths, including children. The days when professional armies fought in contained areas are long gone, having been replaced by drone strikes, neighbors shooting at neighbors from apartment windows, and massacres in rural villages. The viewpoints in this resource examine this byproduct of modern war and explore strategies for reducing civilian casualties.
Casualties Of War
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Author : David Rabe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Casualties Of War written by David Rabe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with categories.
Providing For The Casualties Of War
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Author : Bernard D. Rostker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-12-15
Providing For The Casualties Of War written by Bernard D. Rostker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-15 with History categories.
This book is the second in a series that looks at how America has cared for its war casualties and veterans, picking up where the first book left off, after World War II and just before the start of the Korean War, and continuing through today.
Casualties Of War Vietnam 4
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Author : Chris Lynch
language : en
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Release Date : 2013-01-01
Casualties Of War Vietnam 4 written by Chris Lynch and has been published by Scholastic Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
"The best Vietnam War novels yet for this age range." -- Kirkus Reviews Morris, Rudi, Ivan, and Beck are best friends for life. So when one of the teens is drafted into the Vietnam War, the others sign up, too. Although they each serve in a different branch, they are fighting the war together -- and they promise to do all they can to come home together.Of the four, it's Beck that has the most to lose. He's the smart one of the bunch, and he could be -- SHOULD be -- going to college. His parents certainly think so. But he has a pact to honor, and so Beck enlists in the US Air Force.As their tours of duty near completion and the war itself spirals further out of control, the four best friends are at last on a collision course. Will they all survive long enough to be reunited?
Casualties Of War
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Author : Chris Lynch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Casualties Of War written by Chris Lynch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Agent Orange categories.
One of four friends who have volunteered to fight in the Vietnam War, the intellectual Beck is in the Air Force, where he is part of a crew spraying Agent Orange, but the destruction of the jungle and his isolation from the fighting going on below is starting to effect him.
Needless Casualties Of War
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Author : John-Paul Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Nexgen
Release Date : 2000-04-08
Needless Casualties Of War written by John-Paul Jackson and has been published by Nexgen this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-04-08 with Prayer categories.
Prayer is a powerful weapon, a two-edged sword not to be wielded carelessly. There are certain types of prayer Satan would like us to use. Although we have authority as the children of God, how we fight can determine the personal consequences of our spiri
The First Casualty
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Author : Phillip Knightley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
The First Casualty written by Phillip Knightley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with War categories.
"The most comprehensive j'accuse of journalism as propaganda in the English language... Ought to be read by every young reporter and by those who retain pride in our craft of truth-telling, not matter how unpopular or unpalatable the truth." -- John Pilger, from the Preface to the new edition "The first casualty when war comes, is truth," said American Senator Hiram Johnson in 1917, and in his gripping, now-classic history of war journalism, Phillip Knightley shows just how right Johnson was. From William Howard Russell, who described the appalling conditions of the Crimean War in Times [London], to the ranks of reporters, photographers, and cameramen who captured the realities of war in Vietnam, The First Casualty tells a fascinating story of heroism and collusion, censorship and suppression, myth-making and propaganda. Since Vietnam, Knightley finds, governments have become much more adept at managing the media, and in new chapters on the Falklands, the Gulf War, and the former Yugoslavia, he concludes that the war correspondent's role as a seeker of truth is now in jeopardy. From reviews of the first edition: "[This book] may make us all a little more free to talk about and find the truth." -- Garry Wills, New York Times Book Review "Disturbing, even dismaying, yet also in its painful way, enormously entertaining." -- New Yorker