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on May 22, 2017
Out standing book, opened my eyes to the problem some people have being honest.
on March 22, 2017
Burkette is as full of "beans" as those he wants to expose. Though he makes SOME valid points, his remarks that most "rag tags" as he calls them are fakes is as biased as anything the anti-war people have ever said. he does NOT take into consideration that as the war dragged on, a higher and higher percentage of soldiers were drafted, and from height of the "Hippy era". Those soldiers would not and never did look nor want to look like Burkette. I might add, Officer ranks in Vietnam were far different than those of the enlisted men. On top of that, his chapter denying the existence of Agent Orange health issues is not only appalling but shows almost incredible ignorance of the subject, and does MUCH potential harm to those suffering from it's effects. In fact, at this juncture, there is good evidence of effect on at least the second generation of children of Vietnam veterans. Though I support his efforts to address fake veterans, and there ARE many of them these days, he goes much, much to far in making the case for what HE thinks veterans should act and look like. I am a Vietnam veteran of the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam, and probably look a lot more like Burkett's so-called "rag tags" than he'd like.
on November 30, 2016
poorly written. Long winded. I wish I didn't buy this book
on November 15, 2016
This was purchased as a Christmas gift for our daughter in law who is working on her graduate degree covering the Vietnam war.
on October 1, 2016
Love the produce. Arrived quickly.
on July 27, 2016
Burkett and Whitley have written the definitive expose of the pretenders and wanna-be's of the Viet Nam era, along with the VVA, the VA, and the worthless journalists that will write anything to get their name in print. The fact that the VA doesn't do more to qualify its patients, while allowing scandal after scandal to happen from within its own organization is a national disgrace, and demeans the very veterans that they are sworn to help and protect. If you want the truth about the American Army in Viet Nam, look no further, it's within these pages, the heroic and the humbug, the best, and the worst. I wish I had read this ten years ago - every American who cares about our veterans needs to read this now.
on July 5, 2016
I found this book to be very informative...in regard to the challenges faced by veterans serving in SE Asia; that horrendous conflict that formed the backdrop of my youth in America.
As I read this book, STOLEN VALOR, I took comfort in the fact that I am not alone. My former spouse fits the character description and common patterns of behavior of one of those who claim to suffer from mental symptoms, traced to a traumatic event . I found myself remembering things about the (now former) spouse, which were difficult to know. Such are the things you will read in this book as some things are very hard to absorb. Myths continue to replicate.
Many years after the fact: the suffering is chronic. It's as if some of these guys never left.
This behavior--playing 'pretend soldier'...it is on the surface an attempt to gain a free ride on the VA dime but it goes deeper. My ex was completely self-deluded. He had found an identity that he could be proud of. (He was not letting that go), and so he insisted on holding on to that identity...wearing his uniform to any solumn occasion (a wedding, funeral, parade, children's birthday party!) so that he could make himself the center of the attention...as
RETURNED, THE CONQUERING HERO!
It is a sickness, and the book illustrates the point quite well. The scary part is that the drain on financial resources (earmarked to help ACTUAL VETERANS WITH ISSUES) are being depleted by (at times and in certain cases) by this gaggle of unconscionable rabble--those who take everything offered (not with gratitude but with disdain) when truthfully, they were never enlisted at all. Men who were not even OLD ENOUGH to have been in 'Nam...shocking revelations duch as that will keep you turning the pages.
I bought this book.....and it made me mad!!
Except---
It opened my eyes...
It's fair to say---
This book changed my life. :)
As I read this book, STOLEN VALOR, I took comfort in the fact that I am not alone. My former spouse fits the character description and common patterns of behavior of one of those who claim to suffer from mental symptoms, traced to a traumatic event . I found myself remembering things about the (now former) spouse, which were difficult to know. Such are the things you will read in this book as some things are very hard to absorb. Myths continue to replicate.
Many years after the fact: the suffering is chronic. It's as if some of these guys never left.
This behavior--playing 'pretend soldier'...it is on the surface an attempt to gain a free ride on the VA dime but it goes deeper. My ex was completely self-deluded. He had found an identity that he could be proud of. (He was not letting that go), and so he insisted on holding on to that identity...wearing his uniform to any solumn occasion (a wedding, funeral, parade, children's birthday party!) so that he could make himself the center of the attention...as
RETURNED, THE CONQUERING HERO!
It is a sickness, and the book illustrates the point quite well. The scary part is that the drain on financial resources (earmarked to help ACTUAL VETERANS WITH ISSUES) are being depleted by (at times and in certain cases) by this gaggle of unconscionable rabble--those who take everything offered (not with gratitude but with disdain) when truthfully, they were never enlisted at all. Men who were not even OLD ENOUGH to have been in 'Nam...shocking revelations duch as that will keep you turning the pages.
I bought this book.....and it made me mad!!
Except---
It opened my eyes...
It's fair to say---
This book changed my life. :)
