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We’re Taking Fire
- A Reporter’s View of the Vietnam War, Tet, and the Fall of LBJ
- Narrated by: Peter Arnett
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
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Summary
On the fiftieth anniversary of the Tet Offensive comes We're Taking Fire, a powerful examination by Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Peter Arnett of what led to that pivotal moment of the Vietnam War in 1968 and the tumultuous aftermath.
Through his reports for the Associated Press from the early 1960s to the fall of Saigon in 1975, and interviews conducted during and after the war, Arnett explains the complexities that drove the decisions made by the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon administrations and how each was unable to achieve a winning strategy that would put an end to the unpopular and controversial conflict.
As an eyewitness to the battles, maneuvers, and cultural challenges that prevented a definitive victory, Arnett provides unique insights that only one who was on the ground can share as well as perspectives shaped by decades of observing America and Vietnam since the war.
We're Taking Fire, which deciphers the war and its toll on Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency, is a must-listen about lessons learned and lessons forgotten.
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- 15-05-24
I tried, I honestly really tried
I found this title and the details sounded good, wanted a book on this subject and went for it.
The author reads it so usually that’s a good thing…….. sadly not in this case.
I couldn’t stand listening to the author read because he had a slightly strange style and he was that slow I thought I had tapped the half speed option! I told myself I would get used to it but I didn’t and I have it a fair go for about 4hrs.
Maybe it would be different if the content of the book wasn’t so boring! Too much mind numbing dull detail, repetitive sections and this all teamed with captain Slow Talker 2024 made it just too bad to carry on.
I hope for so much and got so little.
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