Presents sections on history and geography, military and political events in chronological order, and alphabetically arranged articles on people, battles, weapons, controversial issues, etc.
Five Annapolis graduates, including Oliver North, were part of a legion of well-meaning, if ill-starred warriors who fought in the Vietnam War. This book contrasts those who went, and those who used money, wit and connections to avoid the battle.
A veteran fighter pilot who served in World War II and Korea is shot down over North Vietnam and captured by the enemy. Eight years of mental and physical agony ensue, but Guarino never loses his will to live.
An honest and touching work of non-fiction dealing with an Iowa family's loss of their son due to a "non-battle" cause and their search for the true circumstances surrounding his death.
