{"product_id":"book-eefp","title":"Just Another Day in Vietnam","description":"Uniquely adopting a third-person omniscient point of view, Nightingale eschews the \"I\" of memoir in favor of multiple perspectives and a larger historical vision that afford equal time and weight to ally and enemy alike. Examples of the many perspectives based on real-life characters include: Hu, a VC \"informant\" whose false information led the Rangers straight into the jaws of a ferocious ambush; General Tanh, the COSVN commander; Major Nguyen Hiep, the 52d Ranger Commander; and Ranger POWs later returned by the North.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNightingale moreover offers the point of view of an American advisor to elite Vietnamese troops, a vital perspective regrettably underrepresented in the literature of Vietnam, including Burns's documentary. Added to this are well-informed conjecture of enemy psychology; insight into the dedication and often misunderstood role of the elite Vietnamese Ranger forces; the intelligence acquired from debriefing captured Rangers, whose captors had told them that the entire battle had been a carefully staged attack planned by COSVN as part of a larger Total War strategy developed by the leadership of the North Vietnamese Army; and an eyewitness account by a gifted author who is a rare survivor of one of the most vicious—and heretofore forgotten—battles of the war.","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49368654938416,"sku":"BDeefp","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49368655003952,"sku":"ZEeefp","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49368655102256,"sku":"ZMeefp","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/eefp-Square-cover.jpg?v=1771636548","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-eefp","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}