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- catalog abstract ""Portrays the Vietnam experience of an officer and a gentlemen. It is the story of a man with a sense of honor and responsibility that extended beyond his immediate command and encompassed the people of the rural Vietnamese village he was sent to defend. It is a portrait of a compassionate man, a humane soldier and a soldierly humanist, and the precarious mental and physical balance he maintained through the horrors of war. In April 1969, David Donovan arrived in the Mekong Delta. A raw and idealistic first lieutenant fresh from the Special Warfare School at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Donovan joined an isolated four-man American team operating alone in a remote rural area of the Delta, sent off by the army to cooperate with village chiefs and local militia- and to win the war. As chief commanding officer of his unit, Donovan led patrol and combat missions, and this book vividly recreates the suspense of night ambushes and the high-pitched emotions of surprise attacks and man-to-man warfare in the swamps and jungles of the Delta. But Donovan also became involved with the lives of the civilians of Tram Chim in a role beyond that of military adviser. He was caught up in the Vietnamese culture, its local and national politics, in friendships and families torn apart by the tragic war. Eventually he was inducted into a Vietnamese brotherhood- a sect of honorary "warrior kings." On his return to the United States, Donovan found that Vietnam had become a part of him, separating him from his wife and children, his family and friends. Donovan's chilling account of "coming home, " of his enormous internal battle, is as dramatic as his tales of combat in the Delta. Powerfully written, taut, and compelling, this is an extraordinary book about the Vietnam experience that will burn itself into the minds and hearts of readers."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b478137.
- catalog coverage "Vietnam Military relations United States.".
- catalog created "c1985.".
- catalog date "1985".
- catalog date "c1985.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1985.".
- catalog description ""Portrays the Vietnam experience of an officer and a gentlemen. It is the story of a man with a sense of honor and responsibility that extended beyond his immediate command and encompassed the people of the rural Vietnamese village he was sent to defend. It is a portrait of a compassionate man, a humane soldier and a soldierly humanist, and the precarious mental and physical balance he maintained through the horrors of war. In April 1969, David Donovan arrived in the Mekong Delta. A raw and idealistic first lieutenant fresh from the Special Warfare School at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Donovan joined an isolated four-man American team operating alone in a remote rural area of the Delta, sent off by the army to cooperate with village chiefs and local militia- and to win the war. As chief commanding officer of his unit, Donovan led patrol and combat missions, and this book vividly recreates the suspense of night ambushes and the high-pitched emotions of surprise attacks and man-to-man warfare in the swamps and jungles of the Delta. But Donovan also became involved with the lives of the civilians of Tram Chim in a role beyond that of military adviser. He was caught up in the Vietnamese culture, its local and national politics, in friendships and families torn apart by the tragic war. Eventually he was inducted into a Vietnamese brotherhood- a sect of honorary "warrior kings." On his return to the United States, Donovan found that Vietnam had become a part of him, separating him from his wife and children, his family and friends. Donovan's chilling account of "coming home, " of his enormous internal battle, is as dramatic as his tales of combat in the Delta. Powerfully written, taut, and compelling, this is an extraordinary book about the Vietnam experience that will burn itself into the minds and hearts of readers."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Prologue: An incident in Dong Tien, 1969 -- The beginnings -- The kingdom -- The endings.".
- catalog extent "viii, 323 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Once a warrior king.".
- catalog identifier "0070175926".
- catalog isFormatOf "Once a warrior king.".
- catalog issued "1985".
- catalog issued "c1985.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : McGraw-Hill,".
- catalog relation "Once a warrior king.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog spatial "Vietnam Military relations United States.".
- catalog spatial "Vietnam.".
- catalog subject "DS559.5 .D66 1985".
- catalog subject "Donovan, David.".
- catalog subject "Guerrilla warfare Vietnam.".
- catalog subject "Post-traumatic stress disorder.".
- catalog subject "Soldiers Mental health United States.".
- catalog subject "Soldiers United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "United States. Army Officers Biography.".
- catalog subject "Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Personal narratives, American.".
- catalog subject "Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Psychological aspects.".
- catalog subject "Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Veterans Mental health United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prologue: An incident in Dong Tien, 1969 -- The beginnings -- The kingdom -- The endings.".
- catalog title "Once a warrior king : memories of an officer in Vietnam / David Donovan.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "Personal narratives American. fast".
- catalog type "text".