The Military category has 1,612 audiobooks on Listento.it, with an average listener rating of 4.6★ across 5,283 ratings. The most-rated is The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.
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Operaciones encubiertas en la Segunda Guerra Mundial [Covert Operations in World War II]
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Cuando la gente piensa en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, rara vez piensa en términos de silencio y pequeños actos. Fue una guerra en la que la industria de naciones enteras se reorganizó para alimentar la lucha, y se libró a una escala en la que las batallas podían incluir a cientos de miles de combatientes. Ciudades y poblaciones enteras fueron destruidas, con millones de víctimas en lugares como Leningrado. Pero la Segunda Guerra Mundial fue también un conflicto en el que las operaciones encubiertas modernas dieron sus primeros pasos. Desde las junglas de Birmania hasta las calles de París, espías, saboteadores y comandos llevaron a cabo misiones construidas en secreto y astucia. Las operaciones precisas e independientes podrían ser tan importantes para el resultado de la guerra como los actos de destrucción masiva, ya se trate de asesinatos selectivos, sabotear la logística clave o de contrainteligencia para romper los propios círculos del enemigo. En ese momento, la mayoría de estas operaciones estaban ocultas al público, ya que era la única forma de llevarlas a cabo con éxito, pero en los años siguientes han surgido historias sobre varias misiones. Pintan un cuadro de increíble coraje e ingenio, ya sea en zonas de guerra, territorio enemigo o lejos de las líneas del frente. Operaciones encubiertas en la Segunda Guerra Mundial: La historia y el legado de las misiones secretas más atrevidas de la guerra relata algunas de las operaciones más audaces llevadas a cabo durante la guerra. Además de las fotos que muestran personas, lugares y eventos importantes, aprenderá sobre las operaciones encubiertas en la Segunda Guerra Mundial como nunca antes. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.
©2020 Charles River Editors (P)2021 Charles River Editors
Dear Folks: Long-Lost Letters from a World War II Officer
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Journey back in time to the 1930s, '40s, and '50s with United States military officer Ellis Gordon as his recently discovered in a shoebox letters to loved ones are brought to life. US Coast Guard captain Gordon's engineering work was crucial to establishing the LORAN (long-range navigation) towers that helped the Allies to achieve victory in World War II. In addition to transmitting a marvelous authentic voice from the past, these letters remind us all of the eternal importance of love, family, and connection.
©2015 R.A. Schwartzman (P)2016 R.A. Schwartzman
The Price of Defeat
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After the last shots of World War II were fired and the process of rebuilding Germany and Europe began, the Western Allies and the Soviet Union each tried to obtain the services of the Third Reich's leading scientists, especially those involved in rocketry, missile technology, and aerospace research. Naturally, this was a delicate affair due to the fact many of the German scientists were not only active Nazis but had helped the Nazi war machine terrorize the world. At the same time, by the late war period, the Anglo-American Allies formed a clear picture of the Soviet state. Though forced to ally with the USSR's dictator, the West came to understand Communist Russia represented yet another hungry totalitarian power, and thus a very real threat to an independent Europe. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill realized the menacing character of the Soviets from the Katyn Forest Massacre of Polish army officers, if not before, while the Americans only gradually shed a naïve assumption of continued Russian friendliness after the war.
The Western approach, however self-interested, typically met with voluntary compliance on the German scientists' parts. In contrast, the Soviet answer to Paperclip, Operation Osoaviakhim, used the implied threat of imprisonment, torture, and death, the characteristic tools of Stalinist Russia, to coerce assistance from German scientists and engineers following the war. These men yielded rich dividends to the Soviet state in terms of achieving at least temporary technical parity with the USSR's western rivals.
To say these operations had a profound impact on the Cold War and American history would be an understatement. The most well-known example of Operation Paperclip’s “success” was Wernher von Braun, who was once a member of a branch of the SS involved in the Holocaust before becoming known as the “father of rocket science” and fascinating the world with visions of winged rockets and space stations as a “new” Manhattan Project, one that NASA would eventually adopt. In addition to the weaponization of ballistic missiles that progressed throughout the Cold War, von Braun’s expertise was used for America’s most historic space missions. While NASA developed rockets capable of first launching a spacecraft into Earth’s orbit, and then launching it toward the Moon, the Soviets struggled throughout the 1960s to design rockets up to the task. Thanks to von Braun, NASA got it right with the Saturn V rocket, which to this day remains the most powerful launching rocket NASA ever used.
There is an enormous amount of documentation about the American efforts, particularly Operation Paperclip and its ultimate outcomes, yet the parallel programs involving the transfer of personnel, intellectual property (IP), and equipment to the UK have attracted limited academic study and are almost forgotten by the general public. A pioneering article by John Farquharson in 1997 assessed the extent and nature of British transfers, but research into the military and civilian units that carried out the transfers had to wait until the partial declassification of official files in 2006. This was followed by the publication of sensationalist and generalized allegations of unethical practices in the mass media, which prompted personal memoirs in book form from Michael Howard (2010) and in the popular press.
The Price of Defeat: The History of British Operations to Transfer Personnel, Technology, and Equipment from Germany to Britain after World War II examines the Nazis’ technologies and personnel, and the various efforts by the British to access them as the war was coming to a close.
©2019 Charles River Editors (P)2019 Charles River Editors
WWI: The War to End All War, Part II
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From the horrors on the front line and the suffering and despair, hope and strength, WWI: The War to End All War gives you the experience of the world’s first modern, mechanised war in an entirely new light! A unique look at the war that shaped the 20th century. Chapter One: The War in the East Chapter Two: The Ottoman Empire and Gallipoli Chapter Three: The War at Sea Chapter Four: Those Daring Young Men and Their Flying Machines
©2019 One Media iP Ltd (P)2019 One Media iP Ltd
Roxy's Sniper
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Will unexpected encounters lead to endless love? Struggling to put the events of his last deployment behind him, US marine sniper Drew Slater travels to the beaches of Mombasa, Kenya. Still healing from physical and emotional wounds sustained in a mission gone wrong, love is the last thing on Drew’s mind. That is, until a beautiful brunette bumps into him in an airport coffee shop. Though eager to visit her sister for the first time in Kenya, Officer Roxy Carter is anxious about flying. During her layover in London, she accidentally spills her drink on a handsome stranger. Embarrassed, Roxy hurries away, believing she will never see him again. Unforeseen circumstances bring the two together for a whirlwind courtship. Will their relationship end on the white sands of Mombasa or grow and flourish despite the challenges they face?
©2020 Martha Pruett (P)2020 Martha Pruett
Jenny
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Can a message in a bottle lead to a happily ever after? Best-selling thriller author Jenny Hanford never expects anything to happen the night she whimsically throws her requirements for true love into the ocean. Thirteen months later, however, she hears back from the man who found her bottle. Exchanging carefree emails and texts with Dare makes Jenny smile and fills her days with anticipation. She doesn't know much about him, but his humor and kindness keep her replying. Flirting long-distance is fun and safe, but she can't deny her growing affection for her online friend. When she discovers Dare is a soldier who has been injured in the line of duty, she's given the opportunity to visit him. Jenny wants to go, but she's afraid he'll turn out to be as make-believe as the characters she creates. What are the odds Dare could be her real dream hero?
©2017 Melissa McClone (P)2020 Melissa McClone
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La Campagna di Russia 1941-1942 [War in Russia 1941-1942]
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La storia della campagna militare contro l'Unione Sovietica voluta da Benito Mussolini che si trasformò nella più tragica sconfitta dell'esercito italiano durante la Seconda guerra mondiale. The history of the military campaign against the Soviet Union built by Benito Mussolini, that was transformed into the most tragic defeat of the Italian Army during the Second World War. Please Note: This audiobook is in Italian.
©2013 Area51 Publishing (P)2013 Area51 Publishing
World War 2: The Whirlwind of the Ages
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World War 2 began on September 1st, 1939, and from its very first fiery shots, it dictated the tempo of this new and modernized form of warfare. It was a war unlike any other. It was the modern war. It superseded the Great War of the early years of the 20th century and overshadowed its scale and complexity. In the following audiobook, we will cover the essential moments of World War 2 - those defining events of modern history, whose magnitude dictated the fate of the entire globe.
©2020 AM Publishing (P)2021 AM Publishing
Limitless Torment
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Trigger Thinking I’d eventually have it all f--ked me more than accepting I’d be no more than the ridiculous biker whose only gift was causing havoc on my brothers. I’ve had my eyes set on Sadie since I realized a boner wasn’t a medical condition, but one hell of a good time. She was it for me. After nine years of chasing and three years of being her buddy behind closed doors, she gave me the proverbial boot. I suppose I shouldn’t have taken life with a grain of salt and realized we’d have nothing more than a good time in the bedroom and a few laughs with friends. She was it for me...or so I thought. Razz Thinking I’d have the life I always dreamed of by the time I turned 25 and having the exact opposite could discourage a weaker woman, but not me. I don’t have the dream job, the house with the picket fence, or the kids to fill the backyard with laughs, but I do have two steady incomes, an apartment I share with my best friend, and a healthy sex life. What more could I ask for? I wanted him. After watching the boy I grew up with gradually turn into a man, my crush knew no bounds. He never really saw me. I was just the girl who he picked on and took up for when anyone but him picked on me. I was the girl on the sidelines watching him fall madly in love with a woman who never returned the gesture. Now, she’s devastated his life and made him second guess himself. Now, I’m the one he wants to fall back on, but I’ve been there done that and got the scars on my heart to prove it. He was blind, but now he sees, but that’s not enough for me to let him heal the wounds that he’s inflicted. This is a standalone, but to better understand some of the situations, you should enjoy Minor Glitches and Major Conflict first. This audiobook is meant for an audience 18 and older. There are some scenes that may not be suitable for some listeners.
©2017 Dana Arden (P)2018 Dana Arden
WWI: The War to End All War, Part I
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From the horrors on the front line and the suffering and despair, hope and strength, WWI: The War to End All War gives you the experience of the world’s first modern, mechanised war in an entirely new light! A unique look at the war that shaped the 20th century. Chapter One: The War in the East Chapter Two: War on the Western Front Chapter Three: The War in the Trenches Chapter Four: In the Valley of Death
©2019 One Media iP Ltd (P)2019 One Media iP Ltd
Marching Home: Union Veterans and Their Unending Civil War
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A groundbreaking investigation examining the fate of Union veterans who won the war but couldn't bear the peace. For well over a century, traditional Civil War histories have concluded in 1865, with a bitterly won peace and Union soldiers returning triumphantly home. In a landmark work that challenges sterilized portraits accepted for generations, Civil War historian Brian Matthew Jordan creates an entirely new narrative. These veterans - tending rotting wounds, battling alcoholism, campaigning for paltry pensions - tragically realized that they stood as unwelcome reminders to a new America eager to heal, forget, and embrace the freewheeling bounty of the Gilded Age. Mining previously untapped archives, Jordan uncovers anguished letters and diaries, essays by amputees, and gruesome medical reports, all deeply revealing of the American psyche. In the model of 21st century histories like Drew Gilpin Faust's This Republic of Suffering or Maya Jasanoff's Liberty's Exiles that illuminate the plight of the common man, Marching Home makes almost unbearably personal the rage and regret of Union veterans. Their untold stories are critically relevant today.
©2015 Brian M. Jordan (P)2015 Recorded Books
One Nation Divided by Slavery
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In the two decades before the Civil War, free Americans engaged in history wars every bit as ferocious as those waged today over the proposed National History Standards or the commemoration at the Smithsonian Institution of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. In One Nation Divided by Slavery, author Michael F. Conlin investigates the different ways antebellum Americans celebrated civic holidays, read the Declaration of Independence, and commemorated Revolutionary War battles, revealing much about their contrasting views of American nationalism. While antebellum Americans agreed on many elements of national identity in particular that their republic was the special abode of liberty on earth, they disagreed on the role of slavery. The historic truths that many of the founders were slaveholders who had doubts about the morality of slavery, and that all 13 original states practiced slavery to some extent in 1776, offered plenty of ambiguity for Americans to remember selectively. Fire-Eaters defended Jefferson, Washington, and other leading patriots as paternalistic slaveholders, if not positive good apologists for the institution, who founded a slaveholding republic. In contrast, abolitionists cited the same slaveholders as opponents of bondage, who took steps to end slavery and establish a free republic. Moderates in the North and the South took solace in the fact that the North had managed to end slavery in its own way through gradual emancipation while allowing the South to continue to practice slavery. They believed that the founders had established a nation that balanced free and slave labor. Because the American Revolution and the American Civil War were pivotal and crucial elements in shaping the United States, the intertwined themes in One Nation Divided By Slavery provide a new lens through which to view American history and national identity. The book is published by The Kent State University Press.
©2015 The Kent State University Press (P)2016 Redwood Audiobooks
Kriget blir kallt
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När axelmakterna kapitulerar 1945 är sex års fasor äntligen över. Freden är dock inte gammal när hotet om krig åter tornar upp sig. Sovjetunionen och USA ställer sig i spetsen för var sitt block av allierade länder i det kalla krigets konflikt mellan kapitalism och kommunism - en konflikt som lätt kan blossa upp till en världsbrand om supermakterna väljer att avfyra sina nyutvecklade atombomber. Under ett uppror 1956 försöker Ungerns befolkning förgäves slita upp ett hål i den "järnridå" som håller invånarna inspärrade i ett Östeuropa dominerat av Sovjet. Andra blodiga strider utbryter på 1950-talet - inte minst Koreakriget, där miljoner människor dör. Del 24 i serien "En värld i krig" ser närmare på kalla krigets första år. "Allt om Historia" tar med dig på en halsbrytande resa till svunna tider, så att du kan njuta av historiens största händelser. Följ med tillbaka i tiden - tillbaka till andra världskrigets frontlinjer, vikingarnas räder och egypternas gudsdyrkan. "Allt om Historia" är för dig som vill veta mer om spännande och dramatiska händelser i det förflutna.
©2020 SAGA Egmont (P)2020 SAGA Egmont
The Importance of Being Churchill
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Winston Churchill never trusted Hitler. When France fell to the Nazis, Britain was alone in their fight against Germany. There were no Allies, no second front...there was no one. Only the Axis powers and neutral countries that did not want to get involved in the war. Standing alone, Churchill rallied the British people by convincing them it would be better to fight for their freedom than to surrender. So began the Battle of Britain and what Churchill would call their nation's finest hour.
©2016 Lorri Moulton (P)2017 Lorri Moulton
Seven Votes
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If a mere seven more MPs had voted with Prime Minister JBM Hertzog in favour of neutrality, South Africa's history would have been quite different. Parliament's narrow decision to go to war in 1939 led to a seismic upheaval throughout the 1940s: black people streamed in their thousands from rural areas to the cities in search of jobs; volunteers of all races answered the call to go 'up north' to fight; and opponents of the Smuts government actively hindered the war effort by attacking soldiers and committing acts of sabotage. World War Two upended South Africa's politics, ruining attempts to forge white unity and galvanising opposition to segregation among African, Indian and coloured communities. It also sparked debates among nationalists, socialists, liberals and communists such as the country had never previously experienced. As Richard Steyn recounts so compellingly in Seven Votes, the war's unforeseen consequence was the boost it gave to nationalisms, both Afrikaner and African, which went on to transform the country in the second half of the 20th century. The book brings to life an extraordinary cast of characters, including wartime leader Jan Smuts, DF Malan and his National Party colleagues, African nationalists from Anton Lembede and AB Xuma to Walter Sisulu and Nelson Mandela, the influential Indian activists Yusuf Dadoo and Monty Naicker and many others.
©2020 Richard Steyn (P)2020 Audible, Ltd
The Battle of the Somme
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"Somme. The whole history of the world cannot contain a more ghastly word." - Friedrich Steinbrecher, a German officer. World War I, also known in its time as the “Great War” or the “War to End all Wars”, was an unprecedented holocaust in terms of its sheer scale. It saw millions of soldiers do battle in brutal assaults of attrition which dragged on for months with little to no respite. Tens of millions of artillery shells and untold hundreds of millions of rifle and machine gun bullets were fired in a conflict that demonstrated man’s capacity to kill each other on a heretofore unprecedented scale, and as always, such a war brought about technological innovation at a rate that made the boom of the Industrial Revolution seem stagnant. The enduring image of World War I is of men stuck in muddy trenches, and of vast armies deadlocked in a fight neither could win. It was a war of barbed wire, poison gas, and horrific losses as officers led their troops on mass charges across No Man’s Land and into a hail of bullets. While these impressions are all too true, they hide the fact that trench warfare was dynamic and constantly evolving throughout the war as all armies struggled to find a way to break through the opposing lines. There had been extensive use of trenches during the later stages of the American Civil War (1864-1865), and trench warfare was constant during the Second Boer War (1899-1902), the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), and the Balkan Wars (1912-1913). These conflicts showed that modern firepower combined with entrenched positions gave a decisive advantage to the defender, yet European observers failed to learn any lessons from these conflicts, and the scale of trench warfare in World War I far eclipsed anything seen before or since, especially on the Western Front. The Battle of the Somme is still controversial for the British to this day. On July 1, 1916, the first day of fighting, more British soldiers were killed or wounded than at any time before or since, including D-Day in World War II. The commander, General Douglas Haig, was revered for most of his lifetime, then dubbed the Butcher of the Somme, and now is viewed as a skilled man in a very difficult position who made a number of avoidable mistakes. British schoolchildren are still taught about the devastating battle, which saw over 3 million soldiers participate and over 1 million killed, wounded, or captured, and its effects on the rest of the war. The Battle of the Somme: The History and Legacy of World War I’s Biggest Battle analyzes one of the Great War’s most important conflicts, and how it was emblematic of the stalemate that came from new technology and trench warfare. You will learn about the Battle of the Somme like never before.
©2019 Charles River Editors (P)2019 Charles River Editors
They Called Them Soldier Boys
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They Called Them Soldier Boys offers an in-depth study of soldiers of the Texas National Guard's Seventh Texas Infantry Regiment in World War I, through their recruitment, training, journey to France, combat, and their return home. Gregory W. Ball focuses on the 14 counties in North, Northwest, and West Texas where officers recruited the regiment's soldiers in the summer of 1917, and how those counties compared with the rest of the state in terms of political, social, and economic attitudes. In September 1917 the "Soldier Boys" trained at Camp Bowie, near Fort Worth, Texas, until the War Department combined the Seventh Texas with the First Oklahoma Infantry to form the 142nd Infantry Regiment of the 36th Division. In early October 1918, the 142nd Infantry, including more than 600 original members of the Seventh Texas, was assigned to the French Fourth Army in the Champagne region and went into combat for the first time on October 6. Ball explores the combat experiences of those Texas soldiers in detail up through the armistice of November 11, 1918. The book is published by University of North Texas Press.
©2013 Gregory W. Ball (P)2017 Redwood Audiobooks
Griffin Force Action Adventure Romance Box Set
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For fans of action-adventure romance where danger is just around the corner and the chance for love is on the line. Listen to the first three books in the best-selling Griffin Force series now. The Captive (Griffin Force, book one) Former Navy SEAL Jake Williams is the newly appointed head of a task force assigned to rescue a kidnapped American diplomat. Their only hope is Mya Amari, the daughter of a notorious Algerian hostage negotiator, but she is full of secrets and complications - something Jake takes as a personal challenge. As they grow closer, the threat to the mission escalates, and time runs out for the hostages. Can Jake unravel the web of deception to save them all without getting caught in the crossfire? Mya Amari has been in hiding nearly her entire life to escape her father's enemies. But when her sister is kidnapped along with an American diplomat, she'll do anything to bring her home, including walking into the enemy's lair. She doesn't trust anyone, especially the too-handsome-for-his-own-good Commander Williams, but when all her careful plans explode out of control, he's the only one she can turn to with the truth about her family. Is it too little, too late? The Captain (Griffin Force , book two) Captain Colt Mitchell is part of the elite Griffin Force team hunting down terrorist Nazer al-Raimi. After an attack on the Canadian Parliament buildings, the team gets good intel on Nazer's whereabouts. They plan to grab him, but when the mission goes wrong, Colt is captured and dragged away. Bruised, restrained, and disoriented, Colt is stunned to see Brenna Wilson, the Canadian intelligence officer who broke his heart years ago, standing next to Nazer. But how deep is she in the operation, and can she help Colt escape? After the devastating attack on Canadian soil, Brenna is recruited to go undercover to find out what Nazer is planning next. She's close to her goal, until her former flame Colt Mitchell is taken hostage. Walking away from him has always been her biggest regret, and she knows she has to save him, even if it blows her mission. Taking matters into her own hands, she pulls off a daring escape, but Colt and Brenna must learn to trust each other again if they want to stay alive. With their hearts and their lives on the line, can they survive long enough to stop Nazer from ravaging another country's sense of security? The Capture (Griffin Force, book three) Julian Bennet, head of Griffin Force, finally finds love with Zaya Altes, but the day he buys her an engagement ring, international terrorist Nazer al-Raimi abducts her. Getting her back consumes him, yet it takes nearly six months to find her. The daring mission to extract her from a hidden prison in Afghanistan is successful, but Zaya has suffered during captivity. Though she's grateful to Julian for breaking her out, she wants nothing to do with him. Before he can show her how much he still loves her, Nazer finds them and vows revenge. Can Julian keep Zaya safe and still stop Nazer, once and for all? Zaya Altes nearly gave up hope of ever being rescued, but when Griffin Force finally finds her, returning to life is harder than she imagined. While her feelings for Julian are as strong as ever, she feels too broken to recapture what they once had. Instead, Zaya jumps at a chance to trap Nazer, wanting vengeance for what she's endured. As the final showdown draws near, however, Zaya will have to make an unimaginable choice to let Nazer close to her again. But when a shocking web of betrayal is uncovered in their own ranks, their one chance to capture him is compromised. Julian and Zaya will put everything on the line, but can they survive this ultimate test and finally reach for their chance at happiness? RONE Award finalist for Best Suspense.
©2015, 2016, 2017 Julie Coulter Bellon (P)2020 Julie Coulter Bellon
Homecoming
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Russell Vineyard joined the United States Marine Corps as an M1A1 Tank crewman. After USMC Boot Camp and Marine Armor School, Vineyard found himself at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Training and Education Facility Twentynine Palms with 1st Tank Battalion. In November of 2004, he learned he'd be joining the Marine Corps' 1st Tank Battalion, Delta Company as a tank gunner and headed out on the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The United States Military would send the tank platoon across the ocean to participate in a global military exercise in Egypt and to fight the War on Terror in Iraq. Homecoming Memoirs of a Deployed Marine is the story of one Marine Corps Tankers trip from California to the war-torn desert of Iraq and back again. Life, after this trip, would never be the same.
©2011 Russell Vineyard (P)2017 Russell Vineyard
Cherries
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When a soldier leaves for war, those left behind often wonder what their loved ones are experiencing. Letters home are always cheerful and vague - no sense in worrying the family. Then upon returning home, these young soldiers do not want to talk about their experiences. Family and friends allege they are now distant, changed, and not the same person they remember from several months earlier. What causes this? Although the backdrop for this novel is the Vietnam War, "cherries" exist in every war. They are the young "newbie" soldiers, who are trained for war. However, most are not ready to absorb the harsh physical, mental, and emotional stress of war. Once they come under fire and witness death firsthand, a life-changing transition begins. This eye-opening account offers listeners an in-depth look into the everyday struggles of these young infantry soldiers. You'll feel their fear, awe, drama, and sorrow, witness the bravery and sometimes laugh at their humor. No two war experiences are the same, but after finishing Cherries - A Vietnam War Novel, readers will have a much better understanding as to why these changes occur and why our military heroes are different upon their return home. Veterans will relate!
©2010 John Podlaski (P)2012 John Podlaski