{"product_id":"like-boy-scouts-with-guns-9781476684727","title":"Like Boy Scouts with Guns","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Facing the possibility of being drafted and sent to Vietnam, Roger Durham secured a deferment when he enrolled in college. Devoting more time to anti-war protests than to studies, he became immersed in the late 1960s counterculture, flunked out and was drafted anyway. Deployed to Vietnam with the U.S. Army''s 18th Engineer Brigade Headquarters, he was assigned to a helicopter base behind the wire, far from the action. Or so he thought--the action came to him as the base drew mortar, rocket and sapper attacks. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Durham''s clear-eyed memoir relates an often untold experience of the Vietnam War--that of the counterculture soldier whose opposition to war did not end when he was inducted. Adjusting to life in-country, he finds a thriving drug culture and a brotherhood of like-minded warriors, who resist both the enemy and the culture of zealous militarism that prosecutes what they see as an immoral war, against American national interests. Durham undergoes changes in perspecti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\t1\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Lost Boys\t7\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Tunnel at the End of the Light\t15\u003cbr\u003e 3. Flirting with Disaster\t30\u003cbr\u003e 4. Like Boy Scouts with Guns\t49\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Good, the Bad and the Indifferent\t77\u003cbr\u003e 6. Dudes, Duty and Diversions: 18th Engineer Brigade\t87\u003cbr\u003e 7. Heavy Weather\t109\u003cbr\u003e 8. A Temporary Reality\t117\u003cbr\u003e 9. Duty Calls\t130\u003cbr\u003e10. \"Who is this chick? Where the hell am I? What am I doing here?\": R\u0026amp;R #1\t143\u003cbr\u003e11. ­Stand-Down, Let Down\t167\u003cbr\u003e12. Crusader Switch: 35th Engineer Group\t177\u003cbr\u003e13. Like There Was No Tomorrow: R\u0026amp;R #2\t186\u003cbr\u003e14. Dudes, Duty and Diversions: 35th Engineer Group\t206\u003cbr\u003e15. The Incorrigibles\t222\u003cbr\u003e16. Bourke Street Again: R\u0026amp;R #3\t236\u003cbr\u003e17. Straight On Till Morning\t250\u003cbr\u003e18. Wandering and Wondering\t266\u003cbr\u003e19. To the Wicky Wick Woods\t279\u003cbr\u003eRoger S. Durham Service History\t291\u003cbr\u003eIndex\t293\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040490717527,"sku":"9781476684727","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476684727.jpg?v=1750946915","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/like-boy-scouts-with-guns-9781476684727","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}