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The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Vietnam War (The Politically Incorrect Guides) |  | Author: Phillip Jennings
Publisher: Regnery Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 8519
Media: Paperback
Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 1596985674
Dewey Decimal Number: 959.7043
EAN: 9781596985674
ASIN: 1596985674
Publication Date: February 23, 2010
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The Vietnam War was a tragic and dismal failure—at least that is what the mainstream media and history books would have you believe. Yet, Phillip Jennings sets the record straight in The Politically Incorrect Guide™ to the Vietnam War. In this latest “P.I.G.”, Jennings shatters culturally-accepted myths and busts politically incorrect lies that liberal pundits and leftist professors have been telling you for years. The Vietnam War was the most important—and successful—campaign to defeat Communism. Without the sacrifices made and the courage displayed by our military, the world might be a different place. The Politically Incorrect Guide™ to the Vietnam War reveals the truth about the battles, players, and policies of one of the most controversial wars in U.S. history.
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 Learned a lot but also a page turner... February 21, 2010
R. Barnum (San Francisco, CA)
49 out of 55 found this review helpful
I'm a 28 year old college graduate and would consider myself fairly intelligent. But, I really didn't know a thing about the Vietnam War - well, certainly nothing accurate - until I read this book.
I grew up in California, public and private schools. My understanding of the Vietnam War was ridiculously off base when it came to the facts and the chronology of events...
This book was an eye opener and should be required reading for anyone interesting in American history... Google "history of Vietnam War" and read some of the stuff people have published - "a million American deaths..."? Clearly, this media controlled war has been permanently filtered in our memory. Read this book to get the real story and you'll also have a few good laughs along the way.
I highly recommend this book to everyone.
the Politically Incorrect Guide to the Vietnam War February 23, 2010
Grahame Ross (Manhattan Beach)
41 out of 47 found this review helpful
Having soiled myself laughing at Mr Jennings'"Nam-A-Rama", and the more recent "Goodbye Mexico", I was a bit concerned when he turned his obvious satirical skills to writing non-fiction, and a PIG guide to boot! While he certainly knew how to make me laugh, was he up to the task of informing me? The Vietnam war is not a laughing matter, and though we left 35 years ago, the war continues to haunt the American psyche. Leave it to Mr Jennings' to artfully and factually lead us through the falsehoods, lies and deliberate deceptions crafted by the media to support the notion that Vietnam was a failed war, fought by drug addled troops, for the wrong reasons,with little redeeming benefit to the future of southeast Asia or its people.Read this book to find out why they were wrong on all counts; you won't be disappointed.
Jennings nails it again. .. March 1, 2010
Stuart Reeves (Dallas, TX USA)
28 out of 31 found this review helpful
I have read all of Jennings' work and always await his latest eagerly. This PIG is different and equally fantastic. I served as an artillery officer during the early years of the war. I taught trigonometry at Ft. Sill (no "war stories" here). As I look back I am amazed at how little we new about the decisions and motivations of the key players at the time. Jennings knows this subject as well as anyone and his insights are needed now that we are again looking for answers on the subject of politics and war.
Great Book March 29, 2010
Edward A. Hayes (New York)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is an extremely well written and well documented book. Pres Kennedy observed that the real enemy of truth is not the lie but the myth. This book goes a long way to confront and refute so many of the fallacies and myths about the war and the soldiers who fought it. I just wish this were required reading in high schools and colleges to offset the Zinn/Chomsky propaganda. Ed Hayes
The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Vietnam War March 29, 2010
Robert Peters (Bridgeport, CA, US)
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
An insiteful book long overdue. Jennings writes with intelligence, humor, and common sense. As a Marine Vietnam veteran who participated in the landings in 1965 with the 4th Marines, I am grateful that someone has finally recognized that the United States military was prepared, fought valiantly, and delivered time and time again, against an enemy who was repeatedly allowed to live and fight another day because of political and strategic incompetence by our government in Washington. This book, and Lessons In Disaster by Gordon Goldstein, should be required reading in schools and colleges throughout our country. Jennings sums up our political incompetence by asking the question: did anyone in the White House or at the National Security Council ever say "does this make sense" when decided military strategy by majority vote of academic theorists? Jennings is a gifted author.
Robert Peters, Bridgeport, California.
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