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McAdams provides the first extensive synthesis of American and world history with the war film genre. He demonstrates how the war film reflects the currents of history of the time in actual events portrayed and in dramatic plot points.

In the Vietnam War, American "rough riders” drove trucks through hostile territory delivering supplies, equipment, ammunition, weapons, fuel, and reinforcements to troops fighting on the war's ever-shifting front lines. Frank McAdams, a Marine Corps lieutenant, started his tour of duty as a "rough rider” right after the 1968 Tet Offensive and the siege at Khe Sanh. In this compelling memoir he recounts his personal battles—not only with the en...