{"product_id":"many-roads-a-fred-reed-treasury-vol-2-vietnam-china-and-other-military-disasters-past-present-and-future-9781963506594","title":"Many Roads: a Fred Reed Treasury Vol. 2: Vietnam, China, and Other Military Disasters: Past Present and Future","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Fred Reed\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Shotwell Publishing LLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Shotwell Publishing LLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: United States - 20th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA blistering, provocative collection from one of America's most original and unsparing commentators.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMany Roads: A Fred Reed Treasury, Vol. 2\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, Fred Reed turns his razor-sharp eye to war, empire, military folly, and the long unraveling of American judgment. Drawing on his experiences as a \u003cb\u003eMarine in Vietnam\u003c\/b\u003e, a \u003cb\u003ewar correspondent in Southeast Asia\u003c\/b\u003e, and a longtime observer of the Pentagon and Washington, Reed writes with a rare combination of \u003cb\u003efirsthand authority, mordant humor, and literary force\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eThis volume gathers Reed's unforgettable essays on \u003cb\u003eVietnam\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eChina\u003c\/b\u003e, and the repeated disasters of modern American war. Here are vivid recollections of Saigon and Phnom Penh, ruthless dissections of military incompetence, and fierce reflections on the cost of intervention-paid by soldiers, civilians, and nations alike. Reed is equally at home describing the alleys of wartime Asia, the absurdities of boot camp, the machinery of empire, and the dangerous fantasies of Washington elites.\u003cbr\u003eWhat emerges is far more than military commentary. These essays are also a portrait of a writer unwilling to flatter power, ideology, or fashion. Reed is sardonic, funny, deeply skeptical, and often devastatingly right. He writes not as an academic theorist, but as a man who has \u003cb\u003eseen war up close\u003c\/b\u003e, lived among its casualties, and watched the same mistakes repeated under new slogans.\u003cbr\u003eInside this volume you will find: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePersonal reflections on Vietnam and its aftermath\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eSharp analyses of U.S. conflict with China\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eEssays on the Pentagon, military culture, and failed wars\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eReporting-infused portraits of Southeast Asia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eFred Reed's trademark blend of wit, irreverence, and hard-earned insight\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eFor readers of \u003cb\u003epolitical commentary, military history, war memoir, and fearless nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e, this collection offers the full force of Fred Reed at his most incisive.","brand":"Shotwell Publishing LLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47889914036375,"sku":"9781963506594","price":1695.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781963506594.webp?v=1781178206","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/many-roads-a-fred-reed-treasury-vol-2-vietnam-china-and-other-military-disasters-past-present-and-future-9781963506594","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}