In this vividly honest memoir, author Michael Uhl details his experiences in Vietnam as first lieutenant of a counterintelligence team attached to the 11th Infantry. Referencing his personal journal and wartime correspondence with friends and family, the author relives the most shocking events that he witnessed during his military service, including the abuse and torture of several Vietnamese civilians. In Part Two, the author outlines his years as an activist with the veterans' movement against the Vietnam War.
In this vividly honest memoir, author Michael Uhl details his experiences in Vietnam as first lieutenant of a counterintelligence team attached to the 11th Infantry. Referencing his personal journal and wartime correspondence with friends and family, the author relives the most shocking events that he witnessed during his military service, including the abuse and torture of several Vietnamese civilians. In Part Two, the author outlines his years as an activist with the veterans' movement against the Vietnam War.
As a political activist, Michael Uhl was co-founder of the Safe Return Amnesty Committee and the GI and veteran advocacy organization, Citizen Soldier. An independent scholar, his articles and reviews have appeared in The Nation and The Boston Globe. He lives in Walpole, Maine.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Book One I. Days of Slumber II. Days of Wakening III. Days of War (1) IV. Days of War (2) Book Two V. Days of Reckoning 1. Days of Reckoning 2. Tod & Jeremy125 3. The Commissions 4. How I Grew 5. The Commissions (bis...)135 6. A Grand Tour143 7. Antiwar Vets 8. The CCI-VVAW Split 9. Organizing the National Veterans' Inquiry 10. Skirmishing in Washington: 1971 11. Nuremberg, USA 12. On Top Down Under 13. A Personality Abroad 14. In D.C. and Working Congress 15. Mopping Up 16. A Farewell to War Crimes Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Book One I. Days of Slumber II. Days of Wakening III. Days of War (1) IV. Days of War (2) Book Two V. Days of Reckoning 1. Days of Reckoning 2. Tod & Jeremy125 3. The Commissions 4. How I Grew 5. The Commissions (bis...)135 6. A Grand Tour143 7. Antiwar Vets 8. The CCI-VVAW Split 9. Organizing the National Veterans' Inquiry 10. Skirmishing in Washington: 1971 11. Nuremberg, USA 12. On Top Down Under 13. A Personality Abroad 14. In D.C. and Working Congress 15. Mopping Up 16. A Farewell to War Crimes Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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