Entwined with Vietnam

A Reluctant Marine's Tour and Return

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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In 1968, Theodore Hammett entered a war he believed was wrong, pressured by his father's threat to disown him if he withdrew from a Marine Corps officer candidate program. He hated the Vietnam War and soon grew to hate Vietnam and its people. As a supply officer at a field hospital uncomfortably near the DMZ, he employed thievery, bargaining and lies to secure supplies for his unit and retained his sanity with the help of alcohol, music and the promise of going home. In 2008, he returned to Vietnam for a five-year "second tour" to assist in improving HIV/AIDS policies and prevention programs in Hanoi. His memoir recounts his service at the height of the war, and how the country he detested became his second home.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-08-09
Mått152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt390 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor287
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9781476686011

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsxiiiForeword by W.D. EhrhartKey DatesAcronymsA Note on the Music, Vietnamese Tone Marks, and NamesIntroductionPart I: My First Tour1. Going to a War I’d Come to Think Was Wrong2. Supplying 3rd Medical Battalion3. Being Apart4. The Politics of the War5. The Vietnamese People6. Culture from Home7. LRP Rations and Warm Beer8. Seeking Danger9. Coming HomePart II: Between My Tours10. Detachment11. Returning to Vietnam for the First Time12. The Cross-Border ProjectPart III: My Second Tour13. Living in Vietnam14. Birds and Animals15. Thoughts on Vietnam Since the War16. Working on HIV/AIDS Policies with Vietnamese Institutions and People17. Getting to Know Vietnamese Culture18. Bún Chả và Bia Hõi19. Crossing the Street and Breathing the Air20. A Second HomecomingPart IV: After My Second Tour21. Basic School Reunion22. Vietnam Battlefield Tour23. Last Hurrah in HanoiEpilogue: A Life of Memories, Dreams, and DoubtsAuthor’s Military HistoryChapter NotesBibliographyIndex

“Theodore Hammett’s poignant, bittersweet memoir, Entwined with Vietnam, is a story about two nations, two cultures, and one man who devoted a significant part of his life trying to understand the conflicts and commonalities that characterized the relationship between them. A gifted, truth-telling writer, Hammett explores the complexities of personal identity, family, war, tragedy, reconciliation, and redemption with consummate clarity and engaging wit. Written more than 50 years after his initial encounter with Vietnam as a young Marine, this unforgettable book joins the short list of indispensable literature on the war that changed America—and Southeast Asia—forever.”—Raymond Arsenault, historian and author of Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice and Arthur Ashe: A Life