{"product_id":"b0dxwfx729","title":"Born From War: A Soldier’s Quest to Understand Vietnam, Iraq, and the Generational Impact of Conflict","description":"\u003cp\u003e2025 Nonfiction Book Awards, Gold Winner\u003cbr\u003e\n2025 PenCraft Book Award, Non-Fiction - War, Second Place\u003cbr\u003e\nFinalist, 2025 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Awards\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“As a father and a multi-tour Vietnam veteran, I struggled to explain my war and my voluntary service in it to my children. Reading about author Patrick Naughton’s similar experiences in his family helped me understand that broad generational gap that confounded so many of us between our war and what was faced by younger veterans of America’s global war on terror. What we had between seminal events was more than a simple failure to communicate. The insights provided by Naughton’s Born from War are enlightening and invaluable.” ― Capt. Dale Dye, USMC (Ret.), author, actor and filmmaker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePatrick Naughton’s father barely spoke of his time in Vietnam to his family, yet his service was the sole reason Patrick joined the U.S. Army as a teenager. Patrick Naughton Sr served in Vietnam with the 82nd Airborne and advising the South Vietnamese Army, while Patrick himself would serve in Iraq. Three decades of history and politics divided their service yet the similarities between their experiences are undeniably striking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePatrick’s attempts to understand his father led to a search for those who served with him in Vietnam, an examination of the personal relationship of a father and son whose few connections have been war, and a quest to understand war and its undeniable generational influence. The result is an engaging and eye-opening weaving together of the combat experiences of two generations of a military family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the failure of grand stratagem, through personal combat stories, and the memories of those lost—America’s wars against communism and terror are laid raw through the experiences of one family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrologue – By God, we've kicked the Vietnam syndrome\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 1 – What are you going to do with your life\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 2 – Get out of this house\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 3 – He never wanted to worry me\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 4 – Singing when the lights went out\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 5 – A little pissant war\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 6 – He cried on the way home\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 7 – I finally had my war\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 8 – A breaking point\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 9 – Huh, looks like Vietnam\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 10 – My men are a strange group\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 11 – No VC here\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 12 – The grenade belonged to him\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 13 – Must get some rest now\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 14 – Charlie’s shit is weak\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 15 – Luckily the beer arrived\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 16 – Disgusted with the whole business\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 17 – The majority of the company has gone\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 18 – The best part was the hot water\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 19 – Killing people is the easiest thing in the world\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 20 – The equal of the VC\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 21 – Your dad did some really heroic stuff\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 22 – The days are still long\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 23 – Arrived down under\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 24 – Is your Battalion Vietnamized\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 25 – We are still killing Cong\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 26 – The most unhappy thing\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 27 – Vietnam Fini\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 28 – You don't know what the fuck you're talking about\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 29 – They threw as much gas on the fire as they could\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 30 – Still a nightmare that wakes me up\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 31 – I always wear my boots\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 32 – We were looking for George Washington\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 33 – Defend to the Death\u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 34 – The mission is to destroy the enemy\u003cbr\u003e\nEpilogue – Vietnam is still with us\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54223473574251,"sku":"YSL24296","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/1674\/0203\/files\/81KMDlZEQkL._SY1500.jpg?v=1792816409","url":"https:\/\/www.booktavero.com\/products\/b0dxwfx729","provider":"BookTavero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}