Yesterday’s Soldier” is a different Vietnam War memoir. Packed into this tidy book is the story of a young man's coming of age in troubled times. The book is about of his transformation from infantryman to conscientious objector and his experiences in Vietnam. War, religion, and morality are always in the background of his story and they move to the surface in every chapter.The author, after years of studying for the priesthood in a religious seminary, leaves and is quickly exposed to the Selective Service. His belief in God and his country inspired him to enlist in the US Army during the Vietnam war, and he proceeds through the Army’s infantry training cycle of weapons and war tactics, which clash with his years of prayer. His faith and his ideals caused him to struggle with being trained to kill, and so he becomes a conscientious objector. He survives the Army’s systematic punishment (“the Treatment”) during the long months of waiting for a decision in his case as he defies the will of his family, his church, and faces criminal charges by the US Army. “Yesterday’ Soldier” is his story of that journey from prayer to war.
Yesterday's Soldier
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Author: Keating, Tom
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9781705530498
Details:
Author: Keating, Tom
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 175
Release Date: 30-12-2019
Package Dimensions: 9.0 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9781705530498
