Home Biographies and Memoirs When We Walked Above the Clouds: A Memoir of Vietnam

When We Walked Above the Clouds: A Memoir of Vietnam

Barnes account of his Vietnam experience scores a touchdown with real war veterans. His realistic and truthful picture of day to day life in a combat zone with it's long days of the mundane punctuated by minutes or hours of sheer terror. Mr. Barnes h...

Description

Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press (September 1, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0803234481
ISBN-13: 978-0803234482
Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 1.1 x 8.8 inches
Amazon Rank: 3356151
Format: PDF Text TXT book

Download Premium Mirror

Book Description
Additional Information

There is the mythology of the Green Berets, of their clandestine, special operations as celebrated in story and song. And then there is the reality of one soldier’s experience, the day-to-day loss and drudgery of a Green Beret such as H. Lee Barnes, whose story conveys the daily grind and quiet desperation behind polished-for-public-consumption accounts of military heroics. In When We Walked Above the Clouds, Barnes tells what it was like to be a...

Regarding the Iran-Iraq War, Thornton describes the numerous failures of the Carter administration that led to the fall of the Shah and created an immense opportunity for the Soviets. The great thing about learning is that you always have the opportunities to learn more. PDF ePub fb2 TXT fb2 book When We Walked Above The Clouds: A Memoir Of Vietnam Pdf. (Also, only read it in a place that you're comfortable crying - it *willhappen. After twenty-two years of teaching she pursued another interest, Events Planning. Kathryn Casey's follow-up to Singularity is a must read. It just seems like there were alot of things missing. Super reviews of a wide range of products. Fully illustrated colorful eBook, for age 3-8 early readers. Children don't get to choose their lives yet are expected to understand adults who have already made their choices under the guise of "happiness" or "career. It's just not very satisfying, even as a middle-school type read.