{"product_id":"red-boots-rebel-lawrence-v-drake-9781542580977","title":"Red Boots Rebel: Keeping Secrets","description":"\u003cp\u003eLawrence Drake served in the nation's\u003cb\u003e top-secret cryptologic intelligence\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003egathering\u003c\/b\u003e facility in Asia at the height of the \u003cb\u003eVietnam War\u003c\/b\u003e, working side by side with the \u003cb\u003eNational Security Agency, Army Security Agency, Navy Security Group, and the Air Force Security Service\u003c\/b\u003e. The secrets he learned ultimately led him and his friends to make a unique and bold protest against the war. It was a first of its kind and those in command were bewildered as to how to handle it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe well-written boo\u003c\/b\u003ek documents Drake's changing attitude toward the war, the military, and ultimately alters his consciousness toward the United States Government and particularly the military. It testifies to changing attitudes during a very volatile time and describes the many experiences that ultimately led to his act of defiance. Some of these experiences are \u003cb\u003ehumorous, absurd, and typical military SOP\u003c\/b\u003e (Standard Operating Procedure) that \u003cb\u003esets the book apart\u003c\/b\u003e from other Vietnam memoirs. It's not the violence or the mistruths perpetrated by the military and the government but the absurdity, (like Catch 22), that is at the heart of his rebellion. The Air Force doesn't know how to deal with him and his small band of rebels, which leads to the establishment's often hilarious and non-effective responses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe conflict in Vietnam ripped Drake from college life in Middle America and planted him in the bowels of intrigue and \u003cb\u003egovernment cover-up\u003c\/b\u003e. The young airman found himself on a steamy island in the East China Sea in a maximum-security compound with access to top-secret information that changed his life and those of his friends. Moving \u003cb\u003efrom the serious to the humorous to the absurd\u003c\/b\u003e, follow the events that led to the formation of the Red Boots, a patriotic rag-tag group that confounded the military establishment and challenged the moral conscience of Americans, both in and out of the military.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrompted by his daughters to tell the remarkable story of a different kind of courage, Lawrence Drake writes his memoir of those pivotal years between 1966 and 1970 when American's became fiercely divided over the politics of war and race. \u003cb\u003eReading more like an intriguing novel\u003c\/b\u003e than a memoir, Drake's story unfolds with adventure, hardships, love, and comedy. He smoothly takes the reader through the transition from boyhood to a young man faced with the antithetical joys of adolescent discovery versus the harsh realities of \u003cb\u003ea world gone crazy\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lawrence V. Drake\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1542580978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781542580977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.51d","brand":"Lawrence V. Drake","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46401402634495,"sku":"9781542580977","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c3ac230d-5465-4016-baf9-bd5ff97908dd.jpg?v=1733887440","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/red-boots-rebel-lawrence-v-drake-9781542580977","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}