{"product_id":"seven-thirty-and-a-wakey-frank-benko-9781921642258","title":"Seven Thirty and a Wakey","description":"\u003cp\u003eAwatched pot never boils? Naturally it does - it's just that the watching makes the wait seem endless. So it is for Frank and many others, who wait, watch, and tediously count off the 730 seemingly everlasting days that constitute the term of National Service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Frank, at least, his earlier, naive enthusiasm for, and ready involvement in the calling has all but disappeared, to be replaced by nagging self-doubts. What had felt, sounded and seemed so unquestionably right at the start of 1967, was soon tainted by resentment, helplessness, insecurity, homesickness, and a loss of confidence about why he was there and what he was doing in Vietnam by mid-1968.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside the enclosed boundaries of 1ALSG and Vung Tau, the world has shrunk rather than widened, and life has become a succession of attempts to find diversions to fill the interminable hours of boredom that would provide some relief from the repetitive and mind-numbing tasks of a soldier in a war zone, but not really at war with anyone but his own demons and uncertainties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do governments always send children who can't be expected to know any better, to fight their political battles?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frank Benko\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1921642254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781921642258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sid Harta Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.97d","brand":"Frank Benko","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437141668095,"sku":"9781921642258","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_875c6a3b-420d-4773-bfc7-8bd0d017cdc8.jpg?v=1777160148","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/seven-thirty-and-a-wakey-frank-benko-9781921642258","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}