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More Than a Memory: Reflections of Viet Nam
A Conflict that Shaped A Generation
Four decades on, the legacy of American involvement in the Viet Nam War still looms large in the lives of the veterans who experienced it first hand. This new anthology of poems, stories, and essays looks at the war through the lens of both past and present perspectives.
Featuring the work of fifteen veteran writers, the scope of the book defines how modern warfare affects the lives of those who lived it and subsequently their own families after returning from the war. The men who have contributed to this volume each have played their own part whether medic, air cavalry, recon, forward observer, or just plain grunt. The pain they felt, witnessed, and buried can hopefully be released by the telling of their collective truths.
It is their hope that through this book you will be able to feel something of what they have felt and that it will inform you about the role that this conflict continues to play in the lives of those who served there. The words of William Faulkner still ring “The past is not dead, it’s not even past.”
"More Than a Reflections of Viet Nam" is the newest book in the Reflections of America series from Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com
Four decades on, the legacy of American involvement in the Viet Nam War still looms large in the lives of the veterans who experienced it first hand. This new anthology of poems, stories, and essays looks at the war through the lens of both past and present perspectives.
Featuring the work of fifteen veteran writers, the scope of the book defines how modern warfare affects the lives of those who lived it and subsequently their own families after returning from the war. The men who have contributed to this volume each have played their own part whether medic, air cavalry, recon, forward observer, or just plain grunt. The pain they felt, witnessed, and buried can hopefully be released by the telling of their collective truths.
It is their hope that through this book you will be able to feel something of what they have felt and that it will inform you about the role that this conflict continues to play in the lives of those who served there. The words of William Faulkner still ring “The past is not dead, it’s not even past.”
"More Than a Reflections of Viet Nam" is the newest book in the Reflections of America series from Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com
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228 pages, Paperback
First published July 11, 2008
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Victor R. Volkman
34 books12 followersOwner of Loving Healing Press, an independent publisher of books that redefine what is possible for healing mind and spirit. Imprints of LHP include Modern History Press, Marvelous Spirit Press, and the Rocky Mountain Region DMH Institute Press.
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July 29, 2021
Honest, wonderful writing
Although I know people who were in the Vietnam war, watched the Ken Burns Series, and talked to my husband of 50 years many times about his experiences there, this book’s hard-hitting brutal truth taught me even more. For anyone who wants to know the absolute (shocking) truth about war!
Teachers, this book has a glossary and an index which are essential for research projects. There are also online resources for educators. Even the author bios are entertaining and informative.
Although I know people who were in the Vietnam war, watched the Ken Burns Series, and talked to my husband of 50 years many times about his experiences there, this book’s hard-hitting brutal truth taught me even more. For anyone who wants to know the absolute (shocking) truth about war!
Teachers, this book has a glossary and an index which are essential for research projects. There are also online resources for educators. Even the author bios are entertaining and informative.
August 27, 2012
Just as many Americans, I am a big supporter of our troops, and I am in constant shock and sadness when I read and see the news each day. I grew up a little later then Vietnam, but have always been fascinated about this time, our soldiers, and how many disturbing stories and problems our troops had to deal with. Especially when they came back home.
This book is filled with so many wonderful people, their personal stories, terrifying poems, horrific events and so many problems that still haunt them everyday. It is awful and unfortunate what they have gone through, and it makes it worse when there are still people out there who certainly don't give these men and women the respect they deserve so much.
They are living nightmares, it doesn't matter which war, which battle, which time period they served, they are all going through so much more then most of us could ever even begin to imagine.
I sat in absolute horror as I turned the pages and looked at some of the pictures inside, read about their losses, their lives that were ripped apart, and the agony they are still trying to cope with. One in particular, Marc Levy, really pulled and tugged at me, and not that I have been through anything near what he was, and is, but each day since I read this book, who's poems have been permanently branded inside my mind.
These heroes have tons of talent, and it definitely isn't hidden in their writings. Very creative, and exceptional work, and so much gut wrenching stories, this is a rare gem of a book.
I would never recommend this for anybody who can't stomach gore and horror. This is all very real, and colorful and could possibly make some very disturbed. I can usually handle quite a bit, and being a fan of war movies, I figured this would be an easy, simple book to read, and well it wasn't. You can't put it down, and you can't stop re reading certain stories and poems.
I hope for the sake of the author's, that writing provides some sort of therapy, and I hope the same for any vet who may want to read this book to become inspired or maybe see how many are out there who are going through the same pain.
This book is filled with so many wonderful people, their personal stories, terrifying poems, horrific events and so many problems that still haunt them everyday. It is awful and unfortunate what they have gone through, and it makes it worse when there are still people out there who certainly don't give these men and women the respect they deserve so much.
They are living nightmares, it doesn't matter which war, which battle, which time period they served, they are all going through so much more then most of us could ever even begin to imagine.
I sat in absolute horror as I turned the pages and looked at some of the pictures inside, read about their losses, their lives that were ripped apart, and the agony they are still trying to cope with. One in particular, Marc Levy, really pulled and tugged at me, and not that I have been through anything near what he was, and is, but each day since I read this book, who's poems have been permanently branded inside my mind.
These heroes have tons of talent, and it definitely isn't hidden in their writings. Very creative, and exceptional work, and so much gut wrenching stories, this is a rare gem of a book.
I would never recommend this for anybody who can't stomach gore and horror. This is all very real, and colorful and could possibly make some very disturbed. I can usually handle quite a bit, and being a fan of war movies, I figured this would be an easy, simple book to read, and well it wasn't. You can't put it down, and you can't stop re reading certain stories and poems.
I hope for the sake of the author's, that writing provides some sort of therapy, and I hope the same for any vet who may want to read this book to become inspired or maybe see how many are out there who are going through the same pain.
August 22, 2011
More than A memory: Reflections of Vietnam
Victor R. Volkman
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Victor Volkman has taken different energy and emotions that people have about the Vietnam War
and placed them inside this book. He even presents the memories that the Veterans have with the insightful spiritual being from them. This book is not a typical book on veterans, but a view of the ideaology of different groups that oppsed the war. All Veterans wants everyone to stand up and take notice, and to me that is what they have fought so hard for. It even shows that everyone suffers through the war in some way, even if it is not a war that is in their country.
This book is sad and dramatic, but the greatest in the world. It has a dramatic atmosphere and gives readers the feeling of actually being in the war, and shows that it affects everyones daily lifes. It is not a easy book to read as your feelings can be hurt, but I loved it and I am grateful I have found this book. I am grateful that Victor R Volkman took the time to write it, as it hit my heart just the right way. I have given my copy to my uncle who is a veteran himself. I recommend this book to everyone, but especially to veterans and their families.
April 23, 2017
More than a Memory is a collection of essays, prose and poems. This collection has stories and poems written by those who had fought the war in Vietnam and lived to tell the tale.
Some stories/ poems are about survival, some about finding your comrades dead beside you and not being able to do anything about it, some are about adjusting back into the real world where a single loud noise could take you back into the Vietnamese jungles, some are about dealing with post traumatic stress and some are about hope.
As it a collection written by different authors,I thought some were well written and some were not, but all were worth reading. It has more poems than stories and prose though, so if you hate poetry stay away from it. I am not a fan of poetry either but I read every single poem in this book. That’s saying something.
Some stories/ poems are about survival, some about finding your comrades dead beside you and not being able to do anything about it, some are about adjusting back into the real world where a single loud noise could take you back into the Vietnamese jungles, some are about dealing with post traumatic stress and some are about hope.
As it a collection written by different authors,I thought some were well written and some were not, but all were worth reading. It has more poems than stories and prose though, so if you hate poetry stay away from it. I am not a fan of poetry either but I read every single poem in this book. That’s saying something.
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