{"product_id":"mission-on-the-ho-chi-richard-l-stevens-9780806167268","title":"Mission on the Ho Chi Minh Trail: Nature, Myth, and War in Viet Nam","description":"In this narrative of jungle combat, Richard L. Stevens, a U.S. Foreign Service civilian is guided on the Trail by the ex-Viet Cong guerilla Viet, master of deep-forest war. Stevens, an ex-Marine but a neophyte here, is drawn ever deeper into the jungle--and into combat--by his obsession with the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Viet, a captured VC forced to lead Americans and South Vietnamese on missions back to his home base on the Trail, becomes Stevens's teacher and friend, but possibly he is a VC still, a double double agent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Stevens's powerful and poetic prose and his complex examination of the Viet Nam War elevate his Trail journey into the realm of myth. A universal theme unwinds here: the mythic hero-journey between life and death is a trail traveled by all. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard L. Stevens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806167262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806167268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.64d","brand":"Richard L. Stevens","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43942756385023,"sku":"9780806167268","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b9bb16d0-3cfb-4b2e-8a10-07a0daa96cfa.jpg?v=1681494172","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mission-on-the-ho-chi-richard-l-stevens-9780806167268","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}