Soldiers Back Home

Author : Karl Marlantes
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780802197160

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Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes Pdf

Intense, powerful, and compelling, Matterhorn is an epic war novel in the tradition of Norman Mailer’s The Naked and the Dead and James Jones’s The Thin Red Line. It is the timeless story of a young Marine lieutenant, Waino Mellas, and his comrades in Bravo Company, who are dropped into the mountain jungle of Vietnam as boys and forced to fight their way into manhood. Standing in their way are not merely the North Vietnamese but also monsoon rain and mud, leeches and tigers, disease and malnutrition. Almost as daunting, it turns out, are the obstacles they discover between each other: racial tension, competing ambitions, and duplicitous superior officers. But when the company finds itself surrounded and outnumbered by a massive enemy regiment, the Marines are thrust into the raw and all-consuming terror of combat. The experience will change them forever. Written by a highly decorated Marine veteran over the course of thirty years, Matterhorn is a spellbinding and unforgettable novel that brings to life an entire world—both its horrors and its thrills—and seems destined to become a classic of combat literature.

Author : Yoshikuni Igarashi
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231541350

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Homecomings by Yoshikuni Igarashi Pdf

Soon after the end of World War II, a majority of the nearly 7 million Japanese civilians and serviceman who had been posted overseas returned home. Heeding the call to rebuild, these veterans helped remake Japan and enjoyed popularized accounts of their service. For those who took longer to be repatriated, such as the POWs detained in labor camps in Siberia and the fighters who spent years hiding in the jungles of islands in the South Pacific, returning home was more difficult. Their nation had moved on without them and resented the reminder of a humiliating, traumatizing defeat. Homecomings tells the story of these late-returning Japanese soldiers and their struggle to adapt to a newly peaceful and prosperous society. Some were more successful than others, but they all charted a common cultural terrain, one profoundly shaped by media representations of the earlier returnees. Japan had come to redefine its nationhood through these popular images. Yoshikuni Igarashi explores what Japanese society accepted and rejected, complicating the definition of a postwar consensus and prolonging the experience of war for both Japanese soldiers and the nation. He throws the postwar narrative of Japan's recovery into question, exposing the deeper, subtler damage done to a country that only belatedly faced the implications of its loss.

Author : Greg Ruth
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781250055477

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Coming Home by Greg Ruth Pdf

A young boy is waiting for his mom to come home from the military.

Author : Jerry Lembcke
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2000-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0814751474

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The Spitting Image by Jerry Lembcke Pdf

How the startling image of an anti-war protested spitting on a uniformed veteran misrepresented the narrative of Vietnam War political debate One of the most resilient images of the Vietnam era is that of the anti-war protester — often a woman — spitting on the uniformed veteran just off the plane. The lingering potency of this icon was evident during the Gulf War, when war supporters invoked it to discredit their opposition. In this startling book, Jerry Lembcke demonstrates that not a single incident of this sort has been convincingly documented. Rather, the anti-war Left saw in veterans a natural ally, and the relationship between anti-war forces and most veterans was defined by mutual support. Indeed one soldier wrote angrily to Vice President Spiro Agnew that the only Americans who seemed concerned about the soldier's welfare were the anti-war activists. While the veterans were sometimes made to feel uncomfortable about their service, this sense of unease was, Lembcke argues, more often rooted in the political practices of the Right. Tracing a range of conflicts in the twentieth century, the book illustrates how regimes engaged in unpopular conflicts often vilify their domestic opponents for "stabbing the boys in the back." Concluding with an account of the powerful role played by Hollywood in cementing the myth of the betrayed veteran through such films as Coming Home, Taxi Driver, and Rambo, Jerry Lembcke's book stands as one of the most important, original, and controversial works of cultural history in recent years.

Author : Robert Murphy
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781935149880

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No Better Place to Die by Robert Murphy Pdf

The you-are-there story of one of the most ferocious small-unit combats in US history . . . As part of the massive Allied invasion of Normandy, three airborne divisions were dropped behind enemy lines to sew confusion in the German rear and prevent panzer reinforcements from reaching the beaches. In the dark early hours of D-Day, this confusion was achieved well enough, as nearly every airborne unit missed its drop zone, creating a kaleidoscope of small-unit combat. Fortunately for the Allies, the 505th Regimental Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division hit on or near its drop zone. Its task was to seize the vital crossroads of Ste Mère Eglise, and to hold the bridge over the Merderet River at nearby La Fière. Benefiting from dynamic battlefield leadership, the paratroopers reached the bridge, only to be met by wave after wave of German tanks and infantry desperate to force the crossing. Reinforced by glider troops, who suffered terribly in their landings from the now-alert Germans, the 505th not only held the vital bridge for three days but launched a counterattack in the teeth of enemy fire to secure their objective once and for all, albeit at gruesome cost. In No Better Place to Die, Robert M. Murphy provides an objective narrative of countless acts of heroism, almost breathtaking in its “you are there” detail. No World War II veteran is better known in 82nd Airborne circles than Robert M. (“Bob”) Murphy. A Pathfinder and member of A Company, 505th PIR, Bob was wounded three times in action, and made all four combat jumps with his regiment, fighting in Sicily, Italy, Normandy, and Holland. He was decorated for valor for his role at La Fière, and is a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor. After the war, he was instrumental in establishing the 505th RCT Association. A selection of the Military Book Club

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Lands
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1036 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Bounties, Military
ISBN : UOM:39015076681447

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Homes for Soldiers by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Lands Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Public lands
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111200957

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Homes for Soldiers. Hearings ... on H.R. 487 by United States. Congress. House. Public lands Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Public lands
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110634867

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Work and Homes for Returning Soldiers by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands Pdf

Author : Richard Aquila
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1999-03-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780791495193

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Home Front Soldier by Richard Aquila Pdf

CHOICE 1999 Outstanding Academic Title While other collections of letters and memoirs from World War II have dealt with upper-class individuals, officers, or college-educated people, Home Front Soldier is the first to explore the life of an ordinary, working-class, first-generation American. This gripping story of a young soldier, Philip L. Aquila, and his Italian American family during the Second World War includes a detailed introduction, providing historical context to the more than 500 letters that this sergeant wrote to his family back home in Buffalo, New York. Like an epistolary novel, the letters offer an intimate personal history of how a large immigrant family with four sons in the military coped with the daily traumas of World War II. Each of the major and minor plots relates to larger questions in American social history of the 1930s and 1940s, offering fresh insights about family history, gender relations, ethnic and immigration history, and everyday life on the home front. The book also fills a gap in military history by providing detailed information about soldiers stationed in the United States during the war.

Author : Tim Cook
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780735235274

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The Secret History of Soldiers by Tim Cook Pdf

There have been thousands of books on the Great War, but most have focused on commanders, battles, strategy, and tactics. Less attention has been paid to the daily lives of the combatants, how they endured the unimaginable conditions of industrial warfare: the rain of shells, bullets, and chemical agents. In The Secret History of Soldiers, Tim Cook, Canada's foremost military historian, examines how those who survived trench warfare on the Western Front found entertainment, solace, relief, and distraction from the relentless slaughter. These tales come from the soldiers themselves, mined from the letters, diaries, memoirs, and oral accounts of more than five hundred combatants. Rare examples of trench art, postcards, and even song sheets offer insight into a hidden society that was often irreverent, raunchy, and anti-authoritarian. Believing in supernatural stories was another way soldiers shielded themselves from the horror. While novels and poetry often depict the soldiers of the Great War as mere victims, this new history shows how the soldiers pushed back against the grim war, refusing to be broken in the mincing machine of the Western Front. The violence of war is always present, but Cook reveals the gallows humour the soldiers employed to get through it. Over the years, both writers and historians have overlooked this aspect of the men's lives. The fighting at the front was devastating, but behind the battle lines, another layer of life existed, one that included songs, skits, art, and soldier-produced newspapers. With his trademark narrative abilities and an unerring eye for the telling human detail, Cook has created another landmark history of Canadian military life as he reveals the secrets of how soldiers survived the carnage of the Western Front.

Author : Richard Bessel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Germany
ISBN : 9780198219385

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Germany After the First World War by Richard Bessel Pdf

A social history of Germany in the years following the First World War, this book explores Germany's defeat and the subsequent demobilization of its armies, events which had devastating social and psychological consequences for the nation. Bessel examines the changes brought by the War to Germany, including those resulting from the return of soldiers to civilian life and the effects of demobilization on the economy. He demonstrates that the postwar transition was viewed as a moral crusade by Germans desperately concerned about challenges to traditional authority; and he assesses the ways in which the experience of the War, and memories of it, affected the politics of the Weimar Republic. This is an original and scholarly book, which offers important insights into the sense of dislocation, both personal and national, experienced by Germany and Germans in the 1920s, and its damaging legacy for German democracy.

Author : Stéphanie Vincent Lyk-Jensen,Peder J. Pedersen
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781789730333

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Soldiers on International Missions by Stéphanie Vincent Lyk-Jensen,Peder J. Pedersen Pdf

This book investigates how the lives of soldiers deployed on international missions are affected during deployment and after returning home to family, work, and civilian life. Analyses are based on unique longitudinal data, comprehensive and deep interviews, making it possible to follow the impact of deployment on a broad range of life outcomes.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Soldiers
ISBN : MINN:30000010460776

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Soldiers by Anonim Pdf

Author : Melvyn Bragg
Publisher : Arcade Publishing
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1559706392

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The Soldier's Return by Melvyn Bragg Pdf

Scarred by memories of World War II, soldier Sam Richardson returns home in 1946 and strives to manage changes in his family, which includes a young son who barely remembers him and a wife with a new sense of independence from her wartime job.

Author : Duane K. L. France LPC
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1070403091

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Head Space and Timing by Duane K. L. France LPC Pdf

Every veteran has a story. You just have to listen to it. It can be surprising how difficult it is...and also how easy...for a veteran to be able to tell their story. The impacts of combat, deployments, or even just military experience in general are felt long after a veteran leaves the service. The guns do not always go silent when a veteran leaves the military...neither should the veteran. When combat veteran and retired Army Noncommissioned Officer Duane France retired, he knew he wanted to continue to serve his fellow veterans. As a grandson, nephew, and son of combat veterans, he grew up knowing the impact of combat and military service on veterans and their families, and as a leader with five combat and operational deployments, he saw the same things happening in the service members of his generation. After starting to work as a clinical mental health counselor exclusively for veterans and their spouses, Duane started to write his observations and experiences on his blog, Head Space and Timing, located at www.veteranmentalhealth.com. This book is a collection of 52 articles designed to help veterans, those who support them, and those who care for them to understand the military experience and to change the way they think about veteran mental health.