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Lädt ... Devil's Guard (1988. Auflage)von George R. Elford (Autor)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. This is a novel (which pretends to merely be a heavily fictionalized real account) but is an exceptionally good story -- a Waffen SS officer (hunter of partisans, so fairly morally tolerable) who escapes at the end of WW2, along with many of his men, to join the French Foreign Legion and fight in Indochina (Vietnam). Perfectly captures the competent special operations vs. mindless politicians, unconventional warfare in the jungle, etc. This came out around when Vietnam was getting to peak US involvement (1971), and a lot of the actions in the book were pretty much MACV-SOG type missions which were then-current. Probably the most ardently anti-communist story I've ever read. Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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The personal account of a guerrilla fighter in the French Foreign Legion reveals the Nazi Battalion's inhumanities to Indochinese villagers. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)959.7041History and Geography Asia Southeast Asia Vietnam 1949- 1946-1954 Indochinese WarKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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Not only is the whole thing a satisfyingly gritty display of heroics in the face of a hopeless struggle, having such a unique viewpoint on an often overlooked bit of history is fascinating - whether it's based on fact or not.
Probably the only thing that bugged me was a line that went something like, "I not once saw him smile", only for the character in question to be described as smiling on at least two occasions later in the book.
Perhaps that sort of grim, fatalistic smirk didn't count as a real smile to the protagonist's mind, due to their lack of genuine warmth? I don't know, but I'll let it slide. ( )