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The Village by Bing West audiobook

The Village

By Bing West
Read by Peter Berkrot

Tantor Audio
9.83 Hours • Unabridged
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Few American battles have been so extended, savage, and personal. A handful of Americans volunteered to live among six thousand Vietnamese, training farmers to defend their village. Such "Combined Action Platoons" (CAPs) are not a lost footnote about how the war could have been fought; only the villagers remain to bear witness. This is the story of fifteen resolute young Americans matched against two hundred Viet Cong; how a CAP lived, fought, and died; and why the villagers remember them to this day.

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Few American battles have been so extended, savage, and personal. A handful of Americans volunteered to live among six thousand Vietnamese, training farmers to defend their village. Such "Combined Action Platoons" (CAPs) are not a lost footnote about how the war could have been fought; only the villagers remain to bear witness. This is the story of fifteen resolute young Americans matched against two hundred Viet Cong; how a CAP lived, fought, and died; and why the villagers remember them to this day.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“A vivid and unbiased portrait of one Vietnamese hamlet in the grip of war…Exceptional insight…West has told this story with honesty and without embroidery, while bringing out its inherent human drama.” —New York Times
“This is the way Vietnam should have been fought—by tough volunteers who lived alongside the Vietnamese…It will take the sternest ideologue to remain unmoved by West’s perceptive and human treatment of the men who fought it…It’s an account of brave men at war in a far country, honestly told.” —Washington Post
“Pure Hemingway in the best sense of that characterization…West brilliantly portrays the drama of a war few Americans have known.” —Pacific Affairs
“A superbly honest, readable work that goes beyond journalism to become good literature.” —Peter Braestrup, author of Tet
“Peter Berkrot’s strong baritone reads this work with great confidence. He is steady and projects effortlessness in relating the tales of the deadly cat-and-mouse game the marines and the villagers played with the VC.” —Library Journal
A minor classic about war. —The Washington Post

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Author Bio: Bing West

Author Bio: Bing West

Bing West is a Marine combat veteran, historian, and former Assistant Secretary of Defense. He fought with infantry units in Vietnam and later served as an advisor to American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. West’s books on those wars—including The Village, No True Glory, and The Wrong War—are taught at military academies and praised for their realism and insight. A graduate of Georgetown and Princeton, he has served in the Pentagon and the White House. He lives in Rhode Island with his wife, Betsy, and continues to write about national security and leadership in times of crisis.

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Available Formats : CD, MP3 CD
Category: Nonfiction/History
Runtime: 9.83
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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