From Baseballs to Bombshells: The Memoir of a Small-Town Montana Boy, the History of Two Great Nations, and a Tragic War in Vietnam by Graham, Art

From Baseballs to Bombshells: The Memoir of a Small-Town Montana Boy, the History of Two Great Nations, and a Tragic War in Vietnam (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781546234692)

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From Baseballs to Bombshells: The Memoir of a Small-Town Montana Boy, the History of Two Great Nations, and a Tragic War in Vietnam by Graham, Art

From Baseballs to Bombshells: The Memoir of a Small-Town Montana Boy, the History of Two Great Nations, and a Tragic War in Vietnam

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From Baseballs to Bombshells: The Memoir of a Small-Town Montana Boy, the History of Two Great Nations, and a Tragic War in Vietnam by Graham, Art

From Baseballs to Bombshells: The Memoir of a Small-Town Montana Boy, the History of Two Great Nations, and a Tragic War in Vietnam

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Format: Paperback
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Growing technology and affluence, rock n roll, baseball, and muscle carsall told through the youth and early adult years of a small-town Montana boy and war veteran. This is a history of the glorious 50s and 60s in America. It is a history also of politicians, the indecency of segregation and war, and the struggle for racial equality and peace. A history of two great nations. Intertwined is the unique history of Vietnam and the Vietnamese long struggle for independence. It is a rendering also of the unique culture of Vietnam with fascinating stories of emperors within the walls of a Forbidden City. Included in the book is a review of the relationship of two nationsone mighty and one resistantultimately entangled in a catastrophic war. Nearly fifty-nine thousand Americans lost to family, friends, wives, and lovers. More than two million Vietnamese soldiers and civilians perished in a war that could not be won.

Author: Art Graham
ISBN-10: 1546234691
ISBN-13: 9781546234692
Publisher: Authorhouse
Language: English
Published: 04/04/2018
Pages: 1198
Format: Paperback
Weight: 5.79lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.25w x 2.34d
By Art Graham
By Art Graham
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Art grew up in the invigorating rural life of the 1950s and 1960s in Montana. He served in the U.S. Navy as a Vietnamese linguist/cryptologist at sea and with Army at Bien Hoa. Art has spent years studying Vietnams culture and history. Ten years in Vietnam, he lives with his wife and daughter in Nha Trang. Arts knowledge is enhanced by his father-in-law, an artillery officer in the North Vietnamese Army and a guerrilla fighter against the French. Grandma sat AA guns as a civilian defending against American air strikes. Art approaches Vietnam history from both U.S. and Vietnamese perspectives. Holding a BA in History/Political Science and a Juris Doctor, Art enjoyed several years as a university professor.

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