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Kniha Common Virtue James A Hawkins

Common Virtue

A Novel

Autor: James A Hawkins
Jazyk: Angličtina
Vazba: Pevná
Vydavatel: Naval Institute Press
Dostupnost: Očekávaná novinka
Termín neznámý
970 Kč
Becoming a man is difficult-even in the best of circumstances-but when it must be done in 1968 with...

Informace o knize

Autor
James A Hawkins
Jazyk
Angličtina
Vazba
Kniha - Pevná
Vydáno
2014
Stránek
224
EAN
9781612517964
ISBN
9781612517964
Enbook ID
03194483
Vydavatel
Naval Institute Press
Hmotnost
558
Rozměry
238 x 164 x 20

Kompletní popis

Becoming a man is difficult-even in the best of circumstances-but when it must be done in 1968 with the Year of the Monkey set to explode onto the cities and battlefields of a war-torn Vietnam, it is only the very best who make the grade. A Common Virtue has the immediacy and punch of today''s fears as it draws on yesterday''s headlines. When the armies of Ho Chi Mihn push across the demilitarized zone on a scale never thought possible and simultaneously strike at hundreds of targets, American Marines are at the forefront-dependent on information from a special reconnaissance force that is the only thing that can stop Hanoi from using a New Year''s opportunity to seize the country. Unfolding against this background is the story of Marine Paul Jackson, the sole survivor of a hillside massacre. A sniper and reconnaissance innovator, his epic march through the annals of the horrific bureaucracy that is the U.S. military in 1968 is the heart of this story. As an eighteen-year-old Marine he learns at an early age what he must do to survive; what he must do to excel; and what he must do to fit into the most exclusive military fraternity in the world. A Common Virtue is about the other half of heroism, the part that pits a warrior against an American public that despises his uniform, against internal factions that brand him a “coward,” and against a beautiful woman who wants nothing more than for him to stay home and love her. It is about growing into manhood in a toxic America and a world gone mad. Tough choices, painful experiences, and an instinct for survival work to create a leader of legend. Exciting, historical, and far reaching, A Common Virtue is an ambitious and explosive creation; one that could only have been written by one who was there.

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