Author: Phillip Jennings
Publisher: PERSEUS / RUNNING PRESS, Feb 2010
Binding: Softcover
ISBN: 1-59698-567-4
Synopsis
The Vietnam War was a tragic & dismal failure?at least that is what the mainstream media & history books would have you believe. Yet, Jennings shatters culturally-accepted myths & busts politically incorrect lies that liberal pundits & leftist professors have been telling you for years. 7x9inches, 272 pgs.
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The Vietnam War was a tragic & dismal failure?at least that is what the mainstream media & history books would have you believe. Yet, Phillip Jennings sets the record straight in The Politically Incorrect Guide? to the Vietnam War. In this latest ?P.I.G.?, Jennings shatters culturally-accepted myths & busts politically incorrect lies that liberal pundits & leftist professors have been telling you for years. Bet you didn?t know that:
* The U.S. did not lose the Vietnam War?we won it
* The U.S. achieved our goal?we stopped the spread of Communism
* The U.S. did not suffer significant battlefield losses
* The cultural chaos of the 1960s & 1970s negatively influenced the Vietnam War?not vice versa
The Vietnam War was the most important?& successful?campaign to defeat Communism. Without the sacrifices made & the courage displayed by our military, the world might be a different place. The Politically Incorrect Guide? to the Vietnam War proves the above & more as Jennings reveals the truth about the battles, players, & policies of one of the most controversial wars in U.S. history.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Phillip Jennings served as a marine captain in both Vietnam & Laos & wrote the critically-acclaimed book, Nam-A-Rama, which received several honors. Jennings also wrote Goodbye Mexico & won the Pirates Alley Falkner Society gold medal for short fiction. In addition to his literary achievements, Jennings is a Vietnam War lecturer at the University of Washington. He earned his B.A. in Business Administration from Oklahoma State & attended graduate school in Mexico City. Jennings lives in Kirkland, Washington.
