Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book
Author Beckett, Ronald L., author

Title Jack of all trades : an American advisor's war in Vietnam, 1969-70 / Ronald L. Beckett
Edition First edition
Published Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, [2016]

Copies

Description 1 online resource (x, 239 pages)
Series Stackpole military history series
Contents Jack Of All Trades ; Contents; Preface; PART ONE-GOING BACK; 1. The Beginning; 2. Duty Calls; 3. Cinnamon; 4. Getting the Job; 5. Headin' Upcountry; PART TWO-FIRST IMPRESSIONS; 6. Dinh Quan District; 7. Home Sweet Home; 8. The Team; 9. Counterparts; PART THREE-THE CULTURE; 10. The Clash of Cultures; 11. The Magic Red Seal; 12. "Dawk" and Other Delights; 13. Spirited Adventures; PART FOUR-TEAM LIFE; 14. The Dinh Quan Surf and Raquette Club; 15. The Sauna; 16. Outhouse #2; 17. The Inferno; 18. The Shower and Bath House; 19. Hollywood Goes to War; 20. The Dinh Quan Power and Light Company
21. Snakes Alive22. Going to Saigon; PART FIVE-THE BATTLE FOR HEARTS AND MINDS; 23. Pacification ; 24. USAID; 25. Chicken Man; 26. Miracle Rice; 27. This Little Piggy Went to Market; 28. TV Comes to Dinh Quan; 29. Security Operations; 30. Chopper Day; 31. Phung Hoang: The Phoenix Program ; 32. The Hamlet Evaluation System; PART SIX-MEMORABLE EVENTS; 33. The Great Ambush; 34. The Crash; 35. R 36. The Thai Traveling Show; 37. My Lai; PART SEVEN-CLOSING SCENES; 38. Vietnamization: The Beginning of the End; 39. The Painting; 40. Final Thoughts; Postscript: Worst Practices; Glossary
Analysis military advisors
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed
Subject United States. Army -- Officers -- Biography.
United States. Army -- Military life.
SUBJECT United States. Army fast
Subject Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American
Community development -- Vietnam
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Đò̂ng Nai
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- Asia -- Southeast Asia.
Armed Forces -- Military life
Armed Forces -- Officers
Community development
Vietnam
Genre/Form Biographies
Personal narratives
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021693851
ISBN 9780811764933
0811764931