Every Army Man Is with You (eBook)

The Cadets Who Won the 1964 Army-Navy Game, Fought in Vietnam, and Came Home Forever Changed

Nicolaus Mills (Autor)

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2014
258 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-3986-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This book by historian Nicolaus Mills links the biographies of players on the 1964 Army team from the time they spent on the field together to the years they spent stationed around the country and the world, serving their country as best they could, for as long as they could.

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For Army's players, their 1964 football game against a Navy team led by its Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, Roger Staubach, was a do-or-die battle. Army had lost to Navy five years in a row. This time a stunning victory by Army changed the Cadets' fortunes and made headlines across the country. With five of its starters playing offense and defense, Army rallied to an 11-8 triumph. The win was the beginning of an even greater challenge for West Point's players. Soon they were in Vietnam, fighting a war that did not end as they or America expected. In Every Army Man Is with You Nicolaus Mills tells the story of that unforgettable Army team by focusing on the lives of seven of its players as they go from the football field, to the Vietnam battlefield, and back again to the States. Mills sheds light not just on what that the players' experiences meant to them personally but on what their experiences say about the ways the Vietnam era shaped our nation.

Autor

Nicolaus Mills is an accomplished historian, author, and journalist, and is a professor at Sarah Lawrence College.

Inhalt

PrefaceIntroduction: The Best Preparation for War I. THE GENERALSChapter One: Ike’s TelegramChapter Two: Westmoreland and His CoachChapter Three: MacArthur’s FarewellII. PLAY BY PLAYChapter Four: First Score—Sonny StowersChapter Five: Ground Attack—John SeymourChapter Six: Touchdown Catch—Sam ChampiChapter Seven: The Blitzer—Peter BraunChapter Eight: Iron Man—Johnny JohnsonChapter Nine: The Long Completion—Rollie StichwehChapter Ten: Drive Stopper and Marine—Bill ZadelIII. AFTERMATHEpilogue: In the Wake of Vietnam

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.11.2014
• Zusatzinfo: 29 Illustrations including: - 29 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-3986-7 / 1442239867
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-3986-9 / 9781442239869