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Lädt ... Echoes of the Fallvon Richard Weaver
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Lt. Billy Straw is at war with an enemy of shadows, his commanders and himself. Born into a religion that runs bone-deep, the struggles to reconcile his love for God with his duty to kill. His combat commanders label him a "misfit" and relieve him of command. His religion and love for Laura, his girl back home, hold him together. As a new Liaison officer. he meets a beautiful Vietnamese secretary, Thuy. On the eve of his furlough to Hawaii and Laura, his best buddy dies in an ambush. Billy goes berserk and is coerced into betraying the trust and friend-ship of Thuy to gain his R&R leave. In Hawaii, Billy is pulled apart by the riptides of Laura's irresistible love and his own self-loathing. Billy returns to a tangle of river villages dubbed the "Medusas." An American military "PsyOps" mission threatens the lives of Thuy, her brother, and the terrified peasants. Armed and dangerous, Billy stands between his old combat platoon and the villages on the killing grounds to salvage something noble from the war. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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After a somewhat slow start this novel of the Viet Nam War is tense, dramatic, honest, searing, and a really good read. Written by one who has been there, the story deals with an idealistic young man dropped into the hellhole that was Viet Nam. Filled with believable characters and dramatic portrayals of life in the jungle, Lt. Billy Straw’s story manages to be filled with faith, abject failure, stirring heroism, tyrannical bullies, blind obedience, betrayal, innocent love, pettiness, terrifying combat and, finally, friendship and courage.
Anyone who lived through or is interested in the Viet Nam era will find this book presents the conflict in the voice of the young officers and enlisted who struggled with the morality of war. The plot starts slowly and builds in an ever increasing tempo as the plot reaches its resolution. Book groups will find a plethora of discussion topics.
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