Mission on the Ho Chi Minh trail
by Stevens, Richard L
Published by : University of Oklahoma Press, (Norman :) Physical details: 271 p. ill., maps ; 23 cm. ISBN:0806127686 (alk. paper).| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 900 - 999 | Book Cart | 959.70438 Ste (Browse shelf) | Available | 76655 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-265) and index.
1. Viet and the Grim Reapers: The Call to Adventure --
2. Machine in the Forest --
3. Deep Play in the Belly of the Whale: Passage into the Realm of Night --
4. The Gloomy Wood and the Poison Trees --
5. Separation-Initiation-Return --
6. The Road of Trials, or the Dangerous Aspect of the Gods.
This is an authentic narrative of jungle combat - and a trip on the mythic hero-path. In seven operations on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the reader enters an exotic, exhilarating, terrifying world. Documented by military reports, Stevens's powerful and poetic prose and his complex examination of the Viet Nam War elevate his Trail journey into the realm of myth. A universal theme unwinds here: the mythic hero-journey between life and death is a trail traveled by all. Taking the reader into the mountains and forests that the Americans called "Indian country," Stevens presents the Viet Nam War as an extension of the myth of the American frontier, as a succession of steps on the mythic hero-path, and as a new myth essential to an understanding of the past, the present and future shaping of culture, and the saving of the natural world.
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