Bibliograph

The long reckoning, a story of war, peace, and redemption in Vietnam, George Black

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The long reckoning, a story of war, peace, and redemption in Vietnam, George Black

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsplatesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The long reckoning

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1334719478

Responsibility statement

George Black

Sub title

a story of war, peace, and redemption in Vietnam

Summary

"The moving story of a small group of veterans, scientists, and pacifists who forced the U.S. government to take responsibility for the horrors inflicted on the Vietnamese with unexploded munitions and the toxic defoliant Agent Orange"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Prologue -- Part I: War. Going to B -- Of Mountains and Machines -- The Summer of Love -- Socks on an Octopus -- Saddle Up, Cowboys! -- Grunt -- Orphans of Creation -- This Is Not a Practice -- "Tonight You Die, Marine" -- Part II: Peace. Scavengers -- The Smoky Landscape -- Benefit of the Doubt -- Untangling the Tangle -- Bring Our Daddy Home -- The Third Rail -- The Things They Carried Back -- A Vietnamese in Disguise -- Part III: Redemption. Policing the Brass -- Milk That Glowed in the Dark -- The End of Our Exploring -- The Road to Damascus -- Great Loss and Confusion -- Angry Ghosts -- The Worst Thing, the Best Thing -- The Painter, the Sprinter, and the Monk -- Unfinished Business -- Turning the Ho Chi Minh Trail Brown -- The Pocket of Fire -- The End of the Trail -- Epilogue : Hill 674

Target audience

adult

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Story of war, peace, and redemption in Vietnam

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