{"product_id":"just-another-day-in-vietnam-keith-nightingale-9781612007854","title":"Just Another Day in Vietnam","description":"\u003cb\u003eLiving and Breathing is a graphic, blow-by-blow, non-fictional account of the Vietnam war from all sides.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKeith Nightingale's accomplishments in both military and civilian life largely contribute to the excellence of \u003ci\u003eJust Another Day in Vietnam \u003c\/i\u003eas a memoir of unusual depth as well as breadth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUniquely adopting a third-person omniscient point of view, Nightingale eschews the \"I\" of memoir in favor of multiple perspectives and a larger historical vision that afford equal time and weight to ally and enemy alike. Examples of the many perspectives based on real-life characters include: Hu, a VC \"informant\" whose false information led the Rangers straight into the jaws of a ferocious ambush; General Tanh, the COSVN commander; Major Nguyen Hiep, the 52d Ranger Commander; and Ranger POWs later returned by the North.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNightingale moreover offers the point of view of an American advisor to elite Vietnamese troops, a vital perspective regrettably underrepresented in the literature of Vietnam, including Burns' documentary. Added to this are well-informed conjecture of enemy psychology; insight into the dedication and often misunderstood role of the elite Vietnamese Ranger forces; the intelligence acquired from debriefing captured Rangers, whose captors had told them that the entire battle had been a carefully staged attack planned by COSVN as part of a larger Total War strategy developed by the leadership of the North Vietnamese Army; and an eyewitness account by a gifted author who is a rare survivor of one of the most vicious--and heretofore forgotten--battles of the war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keith M. Nightingale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1612007856\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781612007854\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Casemate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d","brand":"Keith M. Nightingale","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43979372265727,"sku":"9781612007854","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff460c1b-cfe6-493d-af4c-ec08f750e62d.jpg?v=1683245186","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/just-another-day-in-vietnam-keith-nightingale-9781612007854","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}