Why read Swift Sword?

Book cover of Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of Mike 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967

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Monday, September 4, 1967.

Marine Lance Corporal Jack Swan crested the face of a bare, rocky knoll in the Que Son Valley of South Vietnam. Following Swan were the 164 Marines of Mike Company, Third Battalion, Fifth Marines, First Marine Division. Their mission was to locate and rescue two understrength…

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1 author picked Swift Sword as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Michael C. White

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Swift Sword is a gritty, rigorously researched nonfiction book about a single battle on a single day in Vietnam. It taught me--someone whose friends and family went to Vietnam but who never went myself--what the gut-level experience was--one of fear, terror, courage, humility, and true valor for those having to experience the war. The prose, with its abundance of carefully researched details and abundant interviews, put me right in the action. It compared to the great novel Matterhorn as well as to Homer's The Iliad for immersing me in the profound chaos and terror of being under fire. An overwhelming…

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