The Only War We Had
A Platoon Leader's Journal of Vietnam
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The Only War We Had
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Narrated by:
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Alexander MacDonald
About this listen
In my year in Vietnam, I walked the booby-trapped rice paddies of the Delta, searching for the elusive Viet Cong, and later macheted my way through the triple-canopy jungle, fighting the North Vietnamese Regulars…I sweated, thirsted, hunted, killed. Somewhere in all my experiences, I overlapped the situations of nearly every infantryman and many others who served.
Michael Lee Lanning's journal of his first tour of duty in Vietnam provides an unvarnished daily account of life in the field. The blood, fear, camaraderie, and tedium of combat and maneuver. Fleshed out with narrative and detail years later, the pages of this memorable book, first published in 1987, show an eager young recruit growing before the reader's eyes into a proud but bloodied combat veteran.
Subsequent volumes in his Vietnam Trilogy will detail Lanning's tour as a company commander and his post-war investigation into the mind of the enemy. Through his eyes, readers see the reality of a war that did not always receive glory but was, in his words, "the only war we had."
©1987 Michael Lee Lanning (P)2013 Redwood AudiobooksListeners also enjoyed...
God bless all those who didn't return.
Fantastic description of one mans war
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Excellent
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Well written, well read and very immersive.
A must for Vietnam enthusiasts and future leaders
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I enjoyed this but wouldn't listen to it again.
Three more words
A good listen
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What did you like best about The Only War We Had? What did you like least?
The diary format of the book. Gave a strong sense of order and time.I liked the narration least, although I felt the book would have been improved by more quoted dialogue and talk of the actions of others - granted it is in effect an extended diary.Who was your favorite character and why?
Not really relevant as few others are mentioned by name.If this book were a film would you go see it?
Yes. I think it would make a good film and I don't recall a film of this nature. Something like Full Metal Jacket or Born on the Fourth of July, but they both had (reasonable) agendas and following one man day by day would make a fascinating film.Any additional comments?
I found the narrator pleasant to listen to, but his odd cadence and frequent use of a low voice was both distracting and made it difficult to concentrate on. It sounded as though he was bending his head down to read an uncomfortably placed script. It really is most odd.Soporoific narration, odd cadence. Good story.
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