Danger Close!
A Vietnam Memoir
$64.94
- Hardcover
376 pages
- Release Date
14 June 2022
Summary
Phil Gioia grew up an army brat during the decades after World War II. Drawn to the military, he attended the Virginia Military Institute, then was commissioned in the U.S. Army, where he completed Jump School and Ranger School. Not even a year after college graduation, he landed in Vietnam in early 1968—in the first weeks of the Tet offensive, which marked a major escalation of the war. Commanding a company in the 82nd Airborne Division, Gioia led his paratroopers into the city of Hue for in…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780811771207 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0811771202 |
| Author: | Phil Gioia |
| Publisher: | Stackpole Books |
| Imprint: | Stackpole Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 376 |
| Release Date: | 14 June 2022 |
| Weight: | 594g |
| Dimensions: | 238mm x 163mm x 23mm |
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Critics Review
“This book is a fascinating account, and most readers will find it hard to put down.”-Army Magazine
Nearly three million Americans served in the Vietnam War. Each had his or her own take on what happened and why and many have tried to commit their war to paper. Phil Gioia has helped our understanding by detailing his days in-country and his informed perspectives in the midst of a fascinating, candid and brave memoir of a life of service. Bravo.
– Ken Burns, filmmakerAt a time when Americans are better connected to one another than ever electronically, but more distant from one another emotionally and psychologically, Phil Gioia gives us a story about a living community committed to service and to one another. Danger Close! is a compelling and elegantly written memoir.
– H. R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty and Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free WorldPhil Gioia has written a splendid account of his life and times, from growing up as an army brat to military school to the U.S. Army in Vietnam. Excellent storytelling, that kept me riveted to the pages from start to finish.
– Joseph L. Galloway, coauthor of We Were Soldiers Once … and Young, We Are Soldiers Still, and They Were SoldiersAbout The Author
Phil Gioia
Phil Gioia served two combat tours in Vietnam between 1968 and 1970 and was awarded two Silver Stars, a Bronze Star, and two Purple Hearts. A graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, he went on to earn a master’s in foreign service from Georgetown and an MBA from Stanford. He has lectured at West Point and Annapolis, published articles in the Journal of Military History, World War II, and Armchair General, and appeared in History Channel programs and in Ken Burns’ Vietnam War documentary. He lives in Corte Madera, California.
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