Description
Book SynopsisPresents a Marine's highly personal memoir reliving the hellish days of a pivotal conflict of the Vietnam War.
Time in the Barrel offers an authentic firsthand account of the daily nightmare that was Con Thien. An enticing and fascinating read, it allows readers to fully grasp the enormity of the fierce struggle for Con Thien.
Trade ReviewCon Thien certainly has been re-created here. I have read few personal narratives from the Marine war in Vietnam that get as close to the sheer sacrifice and misery that I have always suspected to be their lot."" - Philip D. Beidler, US Army Vietnam War veteran and author of
Beautiful War: Studies in a Dreadful Fascination,
The Victory Album: Reflections on the Good Life after the Good War, and
American Wars, American Peace: Notes from a Son of the Empire""
Time in the Barrel brings to life a significant and often overlooked event in America's war in Vietnam: the siege of the Marine firebase at Con Thien during the critical months of September–October 1967. James P. Coan has delivered a gritty and impassioned book, one that will enlighten general military history readers as well as Vietnam War and Marine Corps specialists."" - Gregg Jones, author of
Last Stand at Khe Sanh: The U.S. Marines' Finest Hour in Vietnam, winner of the 2015 General Wallace M. Greene Jr. Award for distinguished nonfiction from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Maps
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The First Day
- Chapter 2. Meeting the Challenge
- Chapter 3. Then the Rains Came
- Chapter 4. Hell on The Hill
- Chapter 5. Return of the Walking Dead
- Chapter 6. The Siege Is Broken
- Epilogue
- Appendix A. First Platoon, Alpha Company, at Con Thien
- Appendix B. Vietnam Diary
- Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
