{"product_id":"just-another-day-in-vietnam-9781636243023","title":"Just Another Day in Vietnam","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"The account is riveting, heart-pounding and mind-racing--just as the battle was for those who fought it...\" -- ARMY Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKeith Nightingale's accomplishments in both military and civilian life largely contribute to the excellence of \u003ci\u003eJust Another Day in Vietnam \u003c\/i\u003eas a memoir of unusual depth as well as breadth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUniquely adopting a third-person omniscient point of view, Nightingale eschews the \"I\" of memoir in favor of multiple perspectives and a larger historical vision that afford equal time and weight to ally and enemy alike. Examples of the many perspectives based on real-life characters include: Hu, a VC \"informant\" whose false information led the Rangers straight into the jaws of a ferocious ambush; General Tanh, the COSVN commander; Major Nguyen Hiep, the 52d Ranger Commander; and Ranger POWs later returned by the North.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNightingale moreover offers the point of view of an American advisor to elite Vietnamese troops, a vital perspective regrettably underrepresented in the literature of Vietnam, including Burns' documentary. Added to this are well-informed conjecture of enemy psychology; insight into the dedication and often misunderstood role of the elite Vietnamese Ranger forces; the intelligence acquired from debriefing captured Rangers, whose captors had told them that the entire battle had been a carefully staged attack planned by COSVN as part of a larger Total War strategy developed by the leadership of the North Vietnamese Army; and an eyewitness account by a gifted author who is a rare survivor of one of the most vicious--and heretofore forgotten--battles of the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Casemate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781636243023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264","brand":"Keith Nightingale","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42935642292405,"sku":"9781636243023","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c426ad99-1ce0-43cc-80cd-780579fe637e.jpg?v=1688491177","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/just-another-day-in-vietnam-9781636243023","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}