Goodbye Vietnam eBook William Broyles
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In this “essential” memoir, a former marine returns to Vietnam years later to try to make sense of the war (Anthony Swofford, author of Jarhead).
When William Broyles Jr. was drafted, he was a twenty-four-year-old student at Oxford University in England, hoping to avoid military service. During his physical exam, however, he realized that he couldn’t let social class or education give him special privileges. He joined the marines, and soon commanded an infantry platoon in the foothills near Da Nang. More than a decade later, Broyles found himself flooded with emotion during the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. He decided to return to Vietnam and confront what he’d been through.
When William Broyles Jr. was drafted, he was a twenty-four-year-old student at Oxford University in England, hoping to avoid military service. During his physical exam, however, he realized that he couldn’t let social class or education give him special privileges. He joined the marines, and soon commanded an infantry platoon in the foothills near Da Nang. More than a decade later, Broyles found himself flooded with emotion during the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. He decided to return to Vietnam and confront what he’d been through.
Broyles was one of the very first combat veterans to return to the battlefields. No American before or since has gone so deeply into the other side of the war the enemy side. Broyles interviews dozens of Vietnamese, from the generals who ran the war to the men and women who fought it. He moves from the corridors of power in Hanoi—so low-tech that the plumbing didn’t work—to the jungles and rice paddies where he’d fought. He meets survivors of American B-52 strikes and My Lai, and grieves with a woman whose son was killed by his own platoon. Along the way, Broyles also explores the deep bonds he shared with his own comrades, and the mystery of why men love war even as they hate it. Amidst the landscape of death, his formerly faceless enemies come to life. They had once tried to kill each other, but they are all brothers now.
Previously published as Brothers in Arms, this edition includes a new preface by the author.
Previously published as Brothers in Arms, this edition includes a new preface by the author.
Goodbye Vietnam eBook William Broyles
I read this recently having read the original version years ago. And what a refreshing return it was. Like Broyles I was also a soldier who returned early. What a wonderful memoir of the many journeys we have made. Fini Viet Nam--I don't think so . But thanks for this wonderful, well researched and well written book. Not DISPATCHES, but a close secondProduct details
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Goodbye Vietnam eBook William Broyles Reviews
Very good read for any Baby Boomer who served in the armed forces during 1964 through 1974. As quoted in the book "Vietnam for the Americans wasn't a 10 year war...it was a 1 year war repeated 10 times." This based on our soldiers 365 day tour where thereafter they could get the hell out of there if they could survive. The VC soldier was in there for the duration... as look as it took.
It is an ideal book to make you see the other side of the Viet Nam War. The long term effect the war had on the people not even involved in conflict..
Agent Orange and the B-52 bombing effected the people negatively for years to come. It is amazing how the people accepted Mr. Broyles. It is all too easy to forget there are two sides to every war.
What a great book! It must have taken a lot of courage to go into the unknown and have it work out as well it did. The author represented every American that fought in Vietnam and it went well. I highly encourage all veterans to read it and judge for themselves. Many veterans have since returned to face their nightmares and former enemies. Many veterans would rather not go and ,yet, the country is on the bucket list of many tourists because it is relatively inexpensive to visit and Americans are welcomed there. I highly recommend this book.
Clearly written, sticks to chronological events, intersperses detail when needed and does an incredible job of interjecting personal emotional events with historic facts. Includes the views of all individuals who were part of the war and frequently used comparisons of enemy forces and US troops. This is the best overall description of the Vietnam war from all perspectives.
Broyles gets a few facts wrong, but what veteran doesn't when they're writing about war. Of all the books I've read about Vietnam his, I believe, was the most honest and telling. Too many of us forget that Vietnam was first and foremost a moral tragedy that will continue to haunt us until there's a generation whom it's never touched. What impressed me most was his revealing the inner conflict of being a intelligent and caring human being and asked to take part in an outrageously inhumane war effort. Like most of us who fought there -- we thought we could do both but could not and have bee being paying for it ever since.
Will G.
U.S.M.C.
Vietnam 1969-70
I do not give a book five stars very often, in fact this may be the first one. The story Goodbye Vietnam is very well written which comes as no surprise when you learn that William Broyles is also an A-list screenwriter with the films Castaway and Jarhead to his credit. But Goodbye Vietnam is personal. Broyles, an Oxford University scholar, got his draft notice in 1968 and rather than evade his duty he reported for induction into the Marines. At the height of the Vietnam war Broyles served as a young lieutenant in the jungles of Vietnam, earned the respect of his men, and lived to write about it. In this book he returns to Vietnam some 15 years later to revisit his old battleground and interview both citizens and soldiers. His story is a must-read for those of us who are watching The Vietnam War by Ken Burns on PBS this month. This story is not an historical documentary. It is up close and personal, yet powerfully told and very hopeful to all who served in Vietnam and the US military during the Vietnam Era. "The veterans had loved their country," he writes, "and it had not loved them back." Goodbye Vietnam goes a long way toward showing veterans the long overdue love and respect they each deserve. Download this book. You will not regret it.
Watching my classmates head to Vietnam in 1966, and then seeing after they got home, it was hard to understand what happened to them--none of them talked about the experiences--one could only see that they were markedly changed. The book helped fill in the blanks and answered some long-standing questions. Most interesting is the Vietnam of 1984 versus the Vietnam of today--I was reminded that the world keeps turning farther away from the sturm und drang of the moment but yet the wounds and scars remain. I'd recommend this as required reading to anyone under 40 years old. It's part of the baby boomer culture--and a necessary generational knowledge.
I read this recently having read the original version years ago. And what a refreshing return it was. Like Broyles I was also a soldier who returned early. What a wonderful memoir of the many journeys we have made. Fini Viet Nam--I don't think so . But thanks for this wonderful, well researched and well written book. Not DISPATCHES, but a close second
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