Grabungsbericht - Kaiseraugst - Augusta Raurica.
Explores the fascinating history of encampments, while establishing new models for their study, emphasizing innovative and non-traditional methods to delve into the data sets that really give us insight into a soldier's life in the field.
Special Forces camps in Vietnam, 1961-70
by Taylor, Chris, Rottman, Gordon L.
fromFortress
In 1961 US Special Forces units began entering remote areas of Vietnam dominated by the Viet Cong. Their task was to organize local defense and strike forces aimed at stopping the enemy from gaining further control of such areas. The Green Berets set up fortified camps from whic…
Camp" is often associated with glamour, surfaces and an ostentatious display of chic, but as these authors argue, there is an underside to it that has often gone unnoticed: camp's simultaneous investment in dirt, vulgarity, the discarded and rejected, the abject. This book explo…