Saigon Cowboy
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Saigon Cowboy
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Author : H. Palmer Wood
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2013-12
Saigon Cowboy written by H. Palmer Wood and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12 with History categories.
Austin Bain liked working for the CIA, especially exercising his intellect to be one step ahead of a challenge. But deviating from his deciphering routine seemed to open another door to reality. Escaping death by minutes in Panama might have been a fluke, but it was enough to remind him of the dangers of his vocation. Resigning from the CIA he returned to civilian life, until a former cohort tracked him down vacationing on a remote Bahamas island. That surprise encounter, catapulted Bain back into the Agency to help track and apprehend one of the most dangerous individuals the Armed Forces and CIA had ever dealt with in Vietnam. the French National and former college roommate of Austin Bain had developed a deadly profile, bent on revenge, as a result of tragic events involving the eventual deaths of a sister and father. Working under a pseudonym, Bain's search took him through numerous provinces in Vietnam when the US military presence was growing by the tens of thousands each month. At one time the fugitive's roommate, Bain was considered the most likely to be able to identify the Saigon Cowboy, the freshman he lived with ten years ago at Syracuse University. Both the bold aggressiveness and clandestine actions of the Cowboy continued to baffle those in pursuit. with his apparent ease of movement in highly secure areas, he continued to meet his objective of eliminating high ranking military and CIA agents.
Cowboy
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Author : Daniel Ford
language : en
Publisher: Warbird Books
Release Date : 2018-05-01
Cowboy written by Daniel Ford and has been published by Warbird Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-01 with History categories.
Cowboy was handsome, flamboyant, courageous, clever, and cruel. He got his nickname from the Green Berets who worked with him in the Highlands of South Vietnam in the 1960s. "You've got to take the bad with the good," one Special Forces captain said of him. "And Cowboy is a good interpreter." And in the end, he was murdered by his own side, the Montagnard rebels who were equally opposed to the Communists in Hanoi and the generals in Saigon. A compelling look at a country and a people caught up in a Cold War they couldn't understand, and which in the end destroyed them.
Vietnam War Slang
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Author : Tom Dalzell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-07-25
Vietnam War Slang written by Tom Dalzell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-25 with Foreign Language Study categories.
In 2014, the US marks the 50th anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, the basis for the Johnson administration’s escalation of American military involvement in Southeast Asia and war against North Vietnam. Vietnam War Slang outlines the context behind the slang used by members of the United States Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. Troops facing and inflicting death display a high degree of linguistic creativity. Vietnam was the last American war fought by an army with conscripts, and their involuntary participation in the war added a dimension to the language. War has always been an incubator for slang; it is brutal, and brutality demands a vocabulary to describe what we don’t encounter in peacetime civilian life. Furthermore, such language serves to create an intense bond between comrades in the armed forces, helping them to support the heavy burdens of war. The troops in Vietnam faced the usual demands of war, as well as several that were unique to Vietnam – a murky political basis for the war, widespread corruption in the ruling government, untraditional guerilla warfare, an unpredictable civilian population in Vietnam, and a growing lack of popular support for the war back in the US. For all these reasons, the language of those who fought in Vietnam was a vivid reflection of life in wartime. Vietnam War Slang lays out the definitive record of the lexicon of Americans who fought in the Vietnam War. Assuming no prior knowledge, it presents around 2000 headwords, with each entry divided into sections giving parts of speech, definitions, glosses, the countries of origin, dates of earliest known citations, and citations. It will be an essential resource for Vietnam veterans and their families, students and readers of history, and anyone interested in the principles underpinning the development of slang.
Death In Saigon
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Author : Ron Steinman
language : en
Publisher: KCM Publishing
Release Date : 2016-12-12
Death In Saigon written by Ron Steinman and has been published by KCM Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-12 with Fiction categories.
The Routledge Dictionary Of Modern American Slang And Unconventional English
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Author : Tom Dalzell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-05-11
The Routledge Dictionary Of Modern American Slang And Unconventional English written by Tom Dalzell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-11 with Foreign Language Study categories.
The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang offers the ultimate record of modern, post WW2 American Slang. The 25,000 entries are accompanied by citations that authenticate the words as well as offer examples of usage from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, television shows, musical lyrics, and Internet user groups. Etymology, cultural context, country of origin and the date the word was first used are also provided. In terms of content, the cultural transformations since 1945 are astounding. Television, computers, drugs, music, unpopular wars, youth movements, changing racial sensitivities and attitudes towards sex and sexuality are all substantial factors that have shaped culture and language. This new edition includes over 500 new headwords collected with citations from the last five years, a period of immense change in the English language, as well as revised existing entries with new dating and citations. No term is excluded on the grounds that it might be considered offensive as a racial, ethnic, religious, sexual or any kind of slur. This dictionary contains many entries and citations that will, and should, offend. Rich, scholarly and informative, The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English is an indispensable resource for language researchers, lexicographers and translators.
Violence Of Action
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Author : Bruce C. Brown
language : en
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
Release Date : 2012-06
Violence Of Action written by Bruce C. Brown and has been published by Dog Ear Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06 with categories.
Tell It To The Dead
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Author : Donald Kirk
language : en
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Release Date : 1996
Tell It To The Dead written by Donald Kirk and has been published by M.E. Sharpe this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.
Journalist Kirk arrived in Vietnam in 1965 and covered the war for The Washington Star, the Chicago Tribune and other American periodicals. Here are 15 stories, most reprinted, from both that period and from visits during the decades after the war. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Mission On The Ho Chi Minh Trail
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Author : Richard L. Stevens
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2020-07-07
Mission On The Ho Chi Minh Trail written by Richard L. Stevens and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-07 with History categories.
Taking the reader in the mountains and forests that the Americans called “Indian country,” Stevens presents the Viet Nam War as an extension of the romantic myth of the American frontier. In seven operations on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the reader enters an exotic, exhilarating, terrifying world. Documented by military reports, Steven’s powerful and poetic prose and his complex examination of the Viet Nam War elevate his Trail journey into the realm of myth.
Saint Crispian S Day
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Author : Patrick Brower
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2001-07-23
Saint Crispian S Day written by Patrick Brower and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-07-23 with Fiction categories.
The war in Vietnam, like all wars, was about politics and power. But for a long time, Captain Mike Mallory and his corporal Tran Minh Jones didn't quite understand that. This was something they would learn the hard way in the latter days of their second tour of duty. Saint Crispian's Day takes the reader deep into the jungles of Vietnam and into the politics that ran the war as Mallory and Jones take on the Viet Cong and the power of the military justice system in a brutal struggle that neither side can afford to lose.
War Short Stories The Combat During The Vietnam War
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language : en
Publisher: Evelyn Cabrera
Release Date : 2022-07-25
War Short Stories The Combat During The Vietnam War written by and has been published by Evelyn Cabrera this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-25 with History categories.
A military pilot is a tactical pilot prepared to participate in an aerial battle, air-to-ground battle, and some of the time electronic fighting while in the cockpit of a contender airplane. Military pilots go through particular preparation in airborne fighting and dogfighting (short proximity flying battle). A military pilot with something like five aerial kills becomes known as a pro. This is an exceptional investigation of the perspective of a pilot as he encounters everything from the massacre of an accident to the delight of flying through an elegant night sky, from the strange political plans of Washington to his perilous dependence on risk. The creator gives a blending and close-to-home portrayal of one man's excursion into airborne damnation and back, describing the delights and the aggravation. the successes and the misfortunes. furthermore, eventually, the return