Blood Trails

The Combat Diary of a Foot Soldier in Vietnam

Christopher Ronnau

$17.99

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Presidio Press
15 December 2006

Biography: historical, political & military; Asian history; History of the Americas; Vietnam War

For fans of great Vietnam combat memoirs such as Michael Hodgins' Reluctant Warrior and John Leppelman's Blood on the Risers.

BAPTISM BY FIRE

Chris Ronnau volunteered for the Army and was sent to Vietnam in January 1967, armed with an M-14 rifle and American Express traveler's checks. But the latter soon proved particularly pointless as the private first class found himself in the thick of two pivotal, fiercely fought Big Red One operations, going head-to-head against crack Viet cong and NVA troops in the notorious Iron Triangle and along the treacherous Cambodian border near Tay Ninh.

Patrols, ambushes, plunging down VC tunnels, search and destroy missions-there were many ways to drive the enemy from his own backyard, as Ronnau quickly discovered. Based on the journal Ronnau kept in Vietnam, Blood Trails captures the hellish jungle war in all its stark life-and-death immediacy. This wrenching chronicle is also stirring testimony to the quiet courage of those unsung American heroes, many not yet twenty-one, who had a job to do and did it without complaint-fighting, sacrificing, and dying for their country.

Includes sixteen pages of rare and never-before-seen combat photos

By: Christopher Ronnau
Imprint: Presidio Press
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions: Height: 174mm, Width: 106mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 180g
ISBN: 9780891418832
ISBN 10: 0891418830
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 15 December 2006
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

After a medical discharge for wounds received in Vietnam and a lengthy recuperation at Letterman Army Hospital in San Francisco, Christopher Ronnau returned to Southern California. After college and medical school, he worked as an emergency room physician and director in St. Louis, Missouri, for more than twenty years. In 2002 he returned to Long Beach, where he now lives and writes.

ONLY $9.90 DELIVERY INFO

Blood Trails

The Combat Diary of a Foot Soldier in Vietnam

Christopher Ronnau

$17.99

Paperback

See Inside

See Also

Contact Abbeys

Contact Galaxy

Contact Language

Contact Us

About ABBEY'S