The Village |
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Author:
| West, Bing |
Read by:
| Berkrot, Peter |
ISBN: | 979-8-200-09233-8 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2021 |
Publisher: | Tantor Media, Incorporated
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Imprint: | Tantor Audio |
Book Format: | CD-Audio |
List Price: | USD $19.99 |
Book Description:
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Few American battles have been so extended, savage, and personal. A handful of Americans volunteered to live among six thousand Vietnamese, training farmers to defend their village. Such "Combined Action Platoons" (CAPs) are not a lost footnote about how the war could have been fought; only the villagers remain to bear witness. This is the story of fifteen resolute young Americans matched against two hundred Viet Cong; how a CAP lived, fought, and died; and why the villagers remember...
More DescriptionFew American battles have been so extended, savage, and personal. A handful of Americans volunteered to live among six thousand Vietnamese, training farmers to defend their village. Such "Combined Action Platoons" (CAPs) are not a lost footnote about how the war could have been fought; only the villagers remain to bear witness. This is the story of fifteen resolute young Americans matched against two hundred Viet Cong; how a CAP lived, fought, and died; and why the villagers remember them to this day.