Dear Mom: a Sniper's Vietnam

click here for more details, find new or used items	Joseph T. Ward Our price £7.99 New from £1.73 Used from £1.63 Pages: 272 (Mass Market Paperback) ISBN: 0804108536 Pub: Ivy Books,U.S. Pub date: 1992-02-01 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 15879

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excellent book - get it, read it. (1/1 people found this helpful)

having read a few books about the vietnam war. this book is a great read, it makes you want to keep reading until you have finished. the beginning of the book is a bit slow in the marine core training camp, but it gives you an interesting insight. the rest of the book is fantastic, you can almost imagine being there and sniping yourself. the style is also refreshing, you read a letter home to his mom, then he tells the story about what actually happened and you realise all the parts he omitted, and the horrors that no one would be able to send home to their mom in a letter.
so summing up excellent read just buy it, you wont be dissapointed.

Thoroughly Entertaining Read (1/1 people found this helpful)

I really enjoyed this book. It was the first I've read on the Vietnam War and I've since ordered a few more titles after finding this hard to put down. I particularly liked the authors account of his days at Training School and his encounters with Sgt Graves. On arriving in Vietnam there are plenty of all-action tales to keep you engrossed. The letters home to his Mother give a personal side to his feelings on the war as they change as the author become battle weary through time and experience. All in all highly recommended.

incredible and emotional ride through this mans eyes. (1/1 people found this helpful)

Bought this book for my friend who then lent it to me and i read this book front to back in no time and then read it again. The fun had by the troops out there and then horror of vietnam is made ever present by this book and it is a page turner because of the insight into the authors mind.

This is made possible by the letters he sent home which have been included in the book. interested in nam and snipers then this really is a must read.

Need a new copy (3/3 people found this helpful)

All I can say is that since I finished this superb book it has been read by 8 friends, either from my copy or ones they have bought on my recommendation. Cannot recommend enough

An exceptional read! (1/1 people found this helpful)

JT Ward tells it like it was. An honest account of a soldier in battle. No jingoistic nonsense, but the real story of a hero who just did what he was trained to do. Self depreciating, naive and courageous, JT ward tells a story that is compelling reading. It is so accuarte that it is clear that the author really experienced what he writes. It reflects the brutality and stupidity of war. I loved this book and would recomemnd it to anyone with an interest in the Viatnam War.

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