UNHERALDED
VICTORY
Author:
Mark W. Woodruff
Reviewed
By Peter Craib
Mark
W Woodruff, served with the United States Marine Corps
in 1968, and starts by giving a brief history of Vietnam
from 207 B.C. up to 1961.
From 1961 on Woodruff goes into more detail on how the
allies became involved more deeply as time went on. He
tells the story from a positive viewpoint that I haven't
read any where else. He gave me a clearer understanding
of the tactics, battles, results and statistics that I
haven't found in other books and dispels a few common
held beliefs as well (for me anyway). Basically this is
a "Makes you feel good" book, that we weren't wasting
our time, we were having a much greater effect than the
general public was led to believe at the time. Post
Vietnam, Mark Woodruff ended up in Australia as a
psychologist and an officer in the Royal Australian
Naval Reserve.
Personally I found the book a very easy read.
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