Bøger af Kyle Longley

Presents a fresh approach to understanding the American combat soldier's experience in Vietnam. This book integrates such topics as the political culture, the experiences of training, the Vietnam experience, and the 'homecoming', and offers an overview of the 870,000 'grunts' who bore the brunt of the fighting in the jungles of South Vietnam.

In the first comprehensive biography of Albert Gore Sr, Kyle Longley has produced an incisive portrait of a significant American political leader and an arresting narrative of the shaping of a southern and American political tradition.

Movingly chronicles the lives, deaths, and memory of nine Marines from the mining community of Morenci, Arizona, who were transformed from happy-go-lucky high schoolers to soldiers in Vietnam. Only three of them survived the war. Their story encompasses pride, loss, grief, and the devastating impact of war on a small town.

Although he left office, Ronald Reagan remains a potent symbol for the conservative movement. This work presents the study of the interplay of politics and memory concerning our fortieth president. It scrutinizes key aspects of the Reagan legacy and the conservative mythology that surrounds it.