Error loading page.
Try refreshing the page. If that doesn't work, there may be a network issue, and you can use our self test page to see what's preventing the page from loading.
Learn more about possible network issues or contact support for more help.
Title details for The Soldiers' Story by Ron Steinman - Available

The Soldiers' Story

Vietnam in Their Own Words

by Ron Steinman
Edward Holland
Audiobook
2 of 2 copies available
Borrow Listen to a sample Listen to a sample
2 of 2 copies available
Most history-minded Americans have discussed the Vietnam War, becoming familiar, at the very least, with the names of such pivotal events as the Siege of Khe Sanh, the Tet Offensive, and the Fall of Saigon. But to grasp the full impact of this agonizing conflict, the human costs of an infernal war that raged for ten years and took more than 58,000 American lives, one must hear about it from the soldiers, sailors, and airmen who experienced the fighting and endured.
In The Soldiers' Story, veteran journalist Ron Steinman gathers the candid reminiscences of seventy-six men who survived combat in Vietnam. Not a military analysis or political study, this oral history vividly conveys the hardships, friendships, fears, and personal triumphs of Marine, Army, Air Force, and Navy veterans-each of whom shares memories that have lingered to this day. It is a valuable frontline record of battle-torn Vietnam from the perspective of those who lived it first-hand, giving us a window into the horror, intensity, and raw courage that the war engendered.
"Ranks among the most vivid accounts of the war." -Stanley Karnow
"Their stories are as dangerous as the battles they fought-stunning, plain-spoken recollections that reveal the terror of combat and theperils of a far-off war and the folly of government policy." - New York Newsday
"A powerful book that brings to life the triumphs and tragedies experienced by American soldiers in Vietnam. This excellent compilation belongs on every Vietnam bookshelf." -Publishers Weekly

  • Creators

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    December 27, 2016

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780525491989
      • File size: 392382 KB
      • Duration: 13:37:27

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Only those who have trudged through mud and lived for weeks on C rations really know war. So reader Ed Holland takes us through those experiences. We get the mud on our faces, go hungry, cry in pain as he reads of the 77 men who comprise Steinman's story. Holland matches the ease or intensity of each particular account to the character behind that account. His voice thus becomes the voice of any 19-year-old from the heartland or Anywhere, USA. In taking us through America's ten-year struggle in Vietnam, Steinman focuses on six major sections: the battle of the Ia Drang Valley, Khe Sanh, the Tet offensive, Cambodia, and the air war, concluding with the painful drama of the fall of Saigon. The personal stories don't tell the whole of it, but they do remind us that, though war is senseless, it raises men to unimaginable heights of courage and compassion and so give us some good, finally, to carry away from Vietnam. P.E.F. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Loading