No Exit from Vietnam
a memoir by a marine corps veteran
$71.27
- Hardcover
248 pages
- Release Date
30 January 2026
Summary
Beyond the Jungle: A Veteran’s Battle with Pain, War, and the VA
No Exit from Vietnam is a raw and unflinching memoir of the US-Vietnam War and its enduring impact. When the Department of Veterans Affairs abruptly cut off Bob Armstrong’s Vicodin prescription in 2021, a medication he had relied on since a 1976 back injury, it sparked a deeper reflection on war, its casualties, and the state of America.
Armstrong, a former Marine photographer with the 3rd Marine Division, weav…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781036139186 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1036139182 |
| Author: | Bob Armstrong |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 30 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
About The Author
Bob Armstrong
Bob Armstrong is a retired book salesman and freelance journalist. His stories and op-eds have appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, Portland Oregonian, Seattle Times, and numerous alternative newspapers, including The Stranger in Seattle. No Exit from Vietnam is his second memoir. The first, Vanilla Slim (2006), was published in the US by Carroll & Graf. He is currently working on a third memoir, A Secret Life in a Dazzling Pink Fairyland. Growing up in a small town on the Oregon coast in the 1950’s Armstrong discovers the joy of reading from a librarian whose own literary tastes favored Marcel Proust, Andre Gide, and Wila Cather.
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