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Not a Gentleman's War: An Inside View of Junior Officers in the Vietnam War

2009 The University of North Carolina Press ;ISBN: 9780807837122 ;ISBN: 0807837121 ;ISBN: 0807898643 ;ISBN: 9780807898642 ;ISBN: 9780807833308 ;ISBN: 0807833304 ;EISBN: 9781469605340 ;EISBN: 1469605341 ;EISBN: 0807898643 ;EISBN: 9780807898642 ;OCLC: 646872630 ;LCCallNum: DS558.2.M55 2009

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  • Title:
    Not a Gentleman's War: An Inside View of Junior Officers in the Vietnam War
  • Author: Milam, Ron
  • Subjects: 20th century ; Army ; History ; Military life ; Officers ; Psychological aspects ; Social aspects ; United States ; United States. Army ; Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Description: Wars are not fought by politicians and generals--they are fought by soldiers. Written by a combat veteran of the Vietnam War,Not a Gentleman's Waris about such soldiers--a gritty, against-the-grain defense of the much-maligned junior officer.Conventional wisdom holds that the junior officer in Vietnam was a no-talent, poorly trained, unmotivated soldier typified by Lt. William Calley of My Lai infamy. Drawing on oral histories, after-action reports, diaries, letters, and other archival sources, Ron Milam debunks this view, demonstrating that most of the lieutenants who served in combat performed their duties well and effectively, serving with great skill, dedication, and commitment to the men they led. Milam's narrative provides a vivid, on-the-ground portrait of what the platoon leader faced: training his men, keeping racial tensions at bay, and preventing alcohol and drug abuse, all in a war without fronts. Yet despite these obstacles, junior officers performed admirably, as documented by field reports and evaluations of their superior officers.More than 5,000 junior officers died in Vietnam; all of them had volunteered to lead men in battle. Based on meticulous and wide-ranging research, this book provides a much-needed serious treatment of these men--the only such study in print--shedding new light on the longest war in American history.
  • Publisher: Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press
  • Creation Date: 2009
  • Format: 256
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 9780807837122
    ISBN: 0807837121
    ISBN: 0807898643
    ISBN: 9780807898642
    ISBN: 9780807833308
    ISBN: 0807833304
    EISBN: 9781469605340
    EISBN: 1469605341
    EISBN: 0807898643
    EISBN: 9780807898642
    OCLC: 646872630
    LCCallNum: DS558.2.M55 2009
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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