Stop War America: A Marine's Story (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

The book recently won HONORABLE MENTION at the NEW YORK BOOK FESTIVAL." A gripping and well-written no-holds-barred memoir, well deserving of a place among the literature of Vietnam personal experiences." -Michael Tighe - BookgingerThis autobiography of a young Marine during the bloodiest year (1968) of the Vietnam War and his decision to hitch hike to New York City to help found the VIETNAM VETERANS AGAINST THE WAR is told with raw humor, wit, and sarcasm.The first and final chapters describe a four month stay in a Veterans Psychiatric Hospital. In between, you will have a front row seat to the Anti-War movement while meeting such sixties icons as Wavy Gravy and Abbie Hoffman and folk singer Phil Ochs.Follow the author as he stays one stays one step ahead of the FBI in a mad escape to Mexico where he finances his extended stay by selling pot and holding poker games three nights a week at his hideaway beach home near Puerto Vallarta. In 73 he returns to the states only to be committed against his will to a VA psychiatric hospital." BOB McLANE TICKLED MY BRAIN - CRAZY, YES, BUT NOT INSANE!" -WAVY GRAVY - SIXTIES ICON