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Can I read Friendly Fire on EtoBox?

Friendly Fire by Bryan, C. D. B. is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Friendly Fire about?

**The true story of Michael Mullen, a soldier killed in Vietnam, and his parents’ quest for the truth from the US government: “Brilliantly done” (*The Boston Globe*).**Drafted into the US Army, Michael Mullen left his family’s Iowa farm in September 1969 to fight for his country in Vietnam. Six months later, he returned home in a casket. Michael wasn’t killed by the North Vietnamese, but by artillery fire from friendly forces. With the government failing to provide the precise circumstances of his death, Mullen’s devastated parents, Peg and Gene, demanded to know the truth. A year later, Peg Mullen was under FBI surveillance. In a riveting narrative that moves from the American heartland to the jungles of Vietnam to the Vietnam Veterans Against the War march in Washington, DC, to an interview with Mullen’s battalion commander, Lt. Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, author C. D. B. Bryan brings to life with brilliant clarity a military mission gone horrifically wrong, a patriotic family’s explosive confrontation with their government, and the tragedy of a nation at war with itself.Originally intended to be an interview for the* New Yorker*, the story Bryan uncovered proved to be bigger tha

Who reads Friendly Fire?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Bryan, C. D. B.
Publisher
Open Road Media : Made available through hoopla
Published
1976
Language
EN
ISBN
9781504034791
Category
history
Subjects
Political Science, Fiction, Memoir
Rating
3.9 / 5 (3 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14