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Charlie Company's Journey Home : The Forgotten Impact on the Wives of Vietnam Veterans by Andrew A. Wiest is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The Boys of '67 and the War They Left Behind The human experience of the Vietnam War is almost impossible to grasp – the camaraderie, the fear, the smell, the pain. Men were transformed into soldiers, and then into warriors. These warriors had wives who loved them and shared in their transformations. Some marriages were strengthened, while for others there was all too often a dark side, leaving men and their families emotionally and spiritually battered for years to come. Focusing in on just one company's experience of war and its eventual homecoming, Andrew Wiest shines a light on the shared experience of combat and both the darkness and resiliency of war's aftermath. Reviews: "A painful yet impressive account of the effects of war on the families left behind." -- Kirkus "This is a serious book and as such deserves a dedicated effort to fully understand and absorb." -- IPMS/USA "This book chronicles the Vietnam War thought the perspectives and experiences of the families and loved ones left behind" -- Military Heritage ""[The wives'] reminiscences unfold, along with Wiest's perspectives, in an oral-history style. "When I spoke to these women, they had been alone for so long and

Who reads Charlie Company's Journey Home : The Forgotten Impact on the Wives of Vietnam Veterans?

Author

Andrew A. Wiest

Publisher

Osprey Publishing, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781472827456

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir