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Here is the epic story of Vietnam and the sixties told through the events of a few gripping, passionate days of war and peace in October 1967. They Marched Into Sunlight brings that tumultuous time back to life while exploring questions about the meaning of dissent and the official manipulation of truth, issues as relevant today as they were decades ago.
In a seamless narrative, Maraniss weaves together the stories of three very different worlds the death and heroism of soldiers in Vietnam, the anger and anxiety of antiwar students back home, and the confusion and obfuscating behavior of officials in Washington. To understand what happens to the people in these interconnected stories is to understand America's anguish. Based on thousands of primary documents and 180 on-the-record interviews, the book describes the battles that evoked cultural and political conflicts that still reverberate.
Read Online They Marched Into Sunlight War and Peace Vietnam and America October 1967 David Maraniss 9780743261043 Books
"David Maraniss' THEY MARCHED INTO SUNLIGHT ties together three separate but related episodes in the third week of October 1967. The central protagonists are the 2/28 Black Lions, a top notch Vietnam unit walking into a slaughter at the battle of Lai Khe. Matching the Vietnam story is the lead-up to the Dow riot at the University of Wisconsin, where liberal educators found themselves confronted with students were blinded by hatred over the war to the point hat their actions lacked reasonableness. The third and minor story line is that of LBJ and his cabinet, hopelessly befuddled about what to do.
Each section has its heroes and goats. The grunts that make up the Black Lions are America's finest, while the brass commanding them are all to often power-hungry, career forwarding egotists. Maraniss particularly lays bare the deceit and vanity of General Hay. The Wisconsin students that riot reflect an arrogance that even they are embarassed about years later while the administration are pictured as classic liberals, respectful, tolerant, and wishing to allow dissent. The students, however, want change and they want it now. In hindsight, one of the big differences between 1967 and 2010 is that you could riot and disrupt the activies of a university that was sympathetic to you and still have the hope of employment in 1967. In a 2010 context, you just simply would have dismissed the students. Still more discouraging is LBJ's advisors who have inadequate information about Vietnam, seem more concerned about PR and the upcoming election, and seem to know that it is unwinnable.
An excellent book. At times very hard to read because you can see disaster coming. But, a true reflection of the times that helps in understanding a key point in America's history."
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They Marched Into Sunlight War and Peace Vietnam and America October 1967 David Maraniss 9780743261043 Books Reviews
- This book really touched me, especially the last few chapters. I found the whole book to be a really intriguing presentation - alternating between the battlefield and college campus (peace movement) during October 1967. The details made it all come alive. I was just a kid when all this happened, and it's interesting to see behind all the generalities and headlines that I heard and only vaguely remember.
The particular battle that the author highlights - I can't even imagine what those guys experienced. But I really think Mr. Maraniss brings that point of view home. The differences in beliefs, experiences and points of view between protesting students, college administrators, soldiers, their families, generals and politicians (local and national) is well covered in this book. It's hard to reconcile, at least for me because their realities are all so different. At the end of the book, the author accompanies some soldiers (US and North Vietnamese) and family members back to that battlefield in current day Vietnam. What a phenomenal end to a fascinating and tragic story.
The book was extremely well-written and held my interest throughout. It was all good, but I did find the first and last quarter of the book to be the most engrossing. This will be a book that I re-read. - I read David Maraniss' book 'They Marched Into Sunlight' after watching the PBS documentary "Two Days in October" - the PBS documentary is based on Maraniss' work and features a good number of on-camera interviews with the actual participant years later. Being a former soldier, I was deeply interested in how and why the 2/28 Infantry "Black Lions" was nearly annihilated by the NVA at the battle of Ong Thanh on October 17, 1967. The entire event of the destruction of the 2/28 was covered up by the U.S. Army and the mainstream press for years and it wasn't until some three decades later that the truth eventually emerged with Maraniss' book published in 2003 and a military history account, 'The Beast Was Out There', written by the former battalion operations officer, Jim Shelton, in 2002.
David Maraniss is a great writer - one of the best. He writes with a fluid, seamless narrative style that places him at the top of his profession. In 'They Marched into Sunlight' Maraniss is describing two parallel events - the emerging anti-war college movement which resulted in the take-over of the University of Wisconsin on October 16-17, 1967 and the destruction of a U.S. Army infantry battalion of the famed First Infantry Division on the same date. Two incidents seemingly unrelated by event or location, but related by the fact that both involved America's sinking morass into the Vietnam conflict. I believe Maraniss's book 'They Marched Into Sunlight' will be read for many years as one of the best Vietnam-era historical works, and not just the battle itself, although his description of the battle of Ong Thanh itself in chapters 15 and 16 will keep you on the edge of your seat, but also the corrosive effect of the war on the civilian population with the increasing draft calls and the unexplained - and probably explainable - resultant deaths of young servicemen, both drafted or enlisted, into a ground war in southeast Asia with no apparent end or objective. For those who were of college age or subject to the draft in the mid to late 1960's, this work will have a special significance.
I found 'They Marched Into Sunlight' one of the best-written works of recent American history that has come from the mainstream press. Maraniss does not take "sides" on the Vietnam conflict - maybe that time has passed. He writes skillfully, cogently, and with proper respect to the participants both in the war zone and back at the university.
[For more background on the 2/28 Infantry and the battle of Ong Thanh, get a copy of Jim Shelton's well-written first-hand account 'The Beast Was Out There' as a companion work to 'They Marched Into Sunlight.'] - David Maraniss' THEY MARCHED INTO SUNLIGHT ties together three separate but related episodes in the third week of October 1967. The central protagonists are the 2/28 Black Lions, a top notch Vietnam unit walking into a slaughter at the battle of Lai Khe. Matching the Vietnam story is the lead-up to the Dow riot at the University of Wisconsin, where liberal educators found themselves confronted with students were blinded by hatred over the war to the point hat their actions lacked reasonableness. The third and minor story line is that of LBJ and his cabinet, hopelessly befuddled about what to do.
Each section has its heroes and goats. The grunts that make up the Black Lions are America's finest, while the brass commanding them are all to often power-hungry, career forwarding egotists. Maraniss particularly lays bare the deceit and vanity of General Hay. The Wisconsin students that riot reflect an arrogance that even they are embarassed about years later while the administration are pictured as classic liberals, respectful, tolerant, and wishing to allow dissent. The students, however, want change and they want it now. In hindsight, one of the big differences between 1967 and 2010 is that you could riot and disrupt the activies of a university that was sympathetic to you and still have the hope of employment in 1967. In a 2010 context, you just simply would have dismissed the students. Still more discouraging is LBJ's advisors who have inadequate information about Vietnam, seem more concerned about PR and the upcoming election, and seem to know that it is unwinnable.
An excellent book. At times very hard to read because you can see disaster coming. But, a true reflection of the times that helps in understanding a key point in America's history.
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