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Once a warrior king memories of an officer in Vietnam

From Books Back Cover: In the spring of 1969, first Lieutenant David Donovan arrived in the Mekong Delta of South Vietnam to work as military advisor with village chiefs and local militia to win the war. But as he was the highest-ranking person in the entire district, his life there was far more complex than anyone could have imagined. This is Donavan's gripping account of combat missions and night ambushes in the swamps and jungles of the Delta. His heartrending tale of personal involvement with the culture and families in his charge, his humane introspection on his awesome responsibility as both warrior and king, his stark reflections on the changes he saw in himself and his country upon his return to the US. Donovan's memoir provides valuable documentation on a relatively obscure part of the American military effort. It describes how the war really worked on the front line of "Vietnamization", the training of local militia. His reflections on his own use of power raise serious and important questions about the American experience in Vietnam.

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  • "From Books Back Cover: In the spring of 1969, first Lieutenant David Donovan arrived in the Mekong Delta of South Vietnam to work as military advisor with village chiefs and local militia to win the war. But as he was the highest-ranking person in the entire district, his life there was far more complex than anyone could have imagined. This is Donavan's gripping account of combat missions and night ambushes in the swamps and jungles of the Delta. His heartrending tale of personal involvement with the culture and families in his charge, his humane introspection on his awesome responsibility as both warrior and king, his stark reflections on the changes he saw in himself and his country upon his return to the US. Donovan's memoir provides valuable documentation on a relatively obscure part of the American military effort. It describes how the war really worked on the front line of "Vietnamization", the training of local militia. His reflections on his own use of power raise serious and important questions about the American experience in Vietnam."@en
  • ""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."

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