If you were alive during the vietnam war you might enjoy this...

[HarrogateTobias]

Not bushcrafty but a time in history we all cannot forget.:yikes:

Its funny how nations never learn from there mistakes...

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[HarrogateTobias]

i meant you might not enjoy this... nobody like war. i was talking about the music...

 

[Retired Member southey]

should really be in other chatter forum dude.

 

[HarrogateTobias]

should really be in other chatter forum dude.

oh yeah my bad.. will get it moved

 

[HarrogateTobias]

i see bilmo is on here... im sure a few choice words are coming my way haha

 

[BOD]

What's your point?

 

[Lee Wright]

I think he was getting at how much good music was coming out in such a dark time...

Anyone recommend any good books on the Vietnam war? I know nothing about it in detail and feel pretty bad about that.

 

[Robbi]

Chicken hawk

 

[Realbark]

Chicken Hawk - Robert Mason
Fields of Fire - James webb
Nam - Mark Baker - best ive read.

 

[TeeDee]

If you have an interest in all things Snipery and a True Story to boot.

Book http://www.amazon.com/Carlos-Hathcock-22Whitefeather-22-Chandler/dp/1885633092


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Hathcock

 

[Husky]

Going further off topic, if you have a true interest in sniper warfare I recomend the book "Shooter" by Jack Coughlin.
http://www.amazon.com/Shooter-Autobiography-Top-Ranked-Marine-Sniper/dp/0312336861/ref=pd_sim_b_4
"White feather" is about how Hathcock brought the art of sniping back into modern warfare and "Shooter" is about how Coughlin in a similar way brought it into todays high speed battlefield.

 

[rik_uk3]

If you have an interest in all things Snipery and a True Story to boot.

Book http://www.amazon.com/Carlos-Hathcock-22Whitefeather-22-Chandler/dp/1885633092


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Hathcock

Thumbs up for this, a very very good read.

HarrogateTobias, "my bad", what does that mean?

 

[launditch1]

I think 'my bad' is an americanism for 'silly me'.
As for book recommendations..
..and a hard rain fell by John Ketwig.
Dispatches by M.Herr.
The dvd Hearts and minds is an eye opener too..

 

[HarrogateTobias]

I think he was getting at how much good music was coming out in such a dark time...

Anyone recommend any good books on the Vietnam war? I know nothing about it in detail and feel pretty bad about that.

Thank you.. someone realises why i posted...

Im 21 and have just discovered jimi hendrix and others..
wow is all i can say.. (across the watchtower is just amazing)

im so annoyed i havnt taken this music to heart for all these years im making up for it now!

T

 

[bushwacker bob]

I thought the theme music for the Vietnam war was 'paint it black' by the Stones.

 

[robin wood]

I thought the theme music for the Vietnam war was 'paint it black' by the Stones.

Oh no it was Country Joe

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I was not around at the time but spending a year hitching around the US in the 80s I met enough Vietnam vets to realise some of the long term human cost. It's pretty hard when you go off at 18 thinking you're doing your duty, live through that horror then come home not to a hero's welcome but to find that everyone thinks you shouldn't have been out there, 15 years later many had not readjusted. Lord knows what it was like from a Vietnamese perspective.

 

[verloc]

I visited Vietnam in 2007 and it was awesome - really really loved the place. Did a bit of reading beforehand and the ones I would reccomend,
Chickenhawk (as mentioned above is a superb read - i left mine in the majestic hotel in saigon as i had finished it and needed space to bring stuff back)
Dispatches (as mentioned above) is essential reading - I couldn't put it down.
A bright Shining Lie is a must read.
Vietnam - A history should be read after A Bright shining Lie - very well put together text.
The Girl in the Picture is a great insight into individuals of the photo everyone has seen.
The Sorrow of War - stunning book written by a North Vietnamese Soldier.


I truly loved this country and didn't want to come back home. Hope the books are of interest - i loved them.

 

[joejoe]

ther is two types of music for nam pro and con ie hendrix wich is what the troops listened to and anti ie joe mcdonald. watch good morning vietnam also woodstock

 

[sasquatch]

Thank you.. someone realises why i posted...

Im 21 and have just discovered jimi hendrix and others..
wow is all i can say.. (across the watchtower is just amazing)

im so annoyed i havnt taken this music to heart for all these years im making up for it now!

T

Now that's gotta be exciting! I was lucky enough to grow up with all that on vinyl in my parent's collection and played it all from a very young age. If 6 was 9, 1983 a Merman I Should Turn to Be, Castles Made of Sand, the list goes on and you're in for a real treat! The charts today have nothing on the bands back then if you ask me...