{"product_id":"time-in-the-barrel-9780817319991","title":"Time in the Barrel","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents a Marine's highly personal memoir reliving the hellish days of a pivotal conflict of the Vietnam War. \u003cem\u003eTime in the Barrel\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCon 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\u003ci\u003e Beautiful War: Studies in a Dreadful Fascination\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Victory Album: Reflections on the Good Life after the Good War\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Wars, American Peace: Notes from a Son of the Empire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"\u003ci\u003eTime in the Barrel\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eLast Stand at Khe Sanh: The U.S. Marines' Finest Hour in Vietnam\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2015 General Wallace M. Greene Jr. Award for distinguished nonfiction from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. The First Day\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. Meeting the Challenge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. Then the Rains Came\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. Hell on The Hill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. Return of the Walking Dead\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. The Siege Is Broken\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix A. First Platoon, Alpha Company, at Con Thien\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix B. Vietnam Diary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossary of Terms and Abbreviations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038569857367,"sku":"9780817319991","price":63.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780817319991.jpg?v=1750940715","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/time-in-the-barrel-9780817319991","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}