Review of Smallwar
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[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Smallwar" by Larry Kipp.]
Smallwar: My Twenty-Seven Months as a Medic in Vietnam by Larry Kipp is an interesting and easy-to-read collection of real-life situations and personal experiences of a medical practitioner during the war between the United States of America and the Republic of Vietnam. The book bares the weaknesses and pains of humanity and a lot more.
I have read many accounts of wars between countries, but I have not yet come across an account of war presented in a less boring, hilarious, and heartwarming style. The headings, short chapters, natural and conversational flow of thoughts, and the book's tone won my heart. I love and appreciate how Larry Kipp explains every military jargon and acronym used in the preliminary pages. All these, put together, made the narration of the Vietnam War history interesting.
Most of the stories in Kipp's account give meaning to the popular saying that "when two elephants fight, the ground bears the brunt." If only our leaders had taken time to count the cost of war, the carnage it creates, its aftermaths, and the threat to life it imposes on the citizens, perhaps they wouldn't have given in to their wraths and furies. The author reveals a major fact when he says that "he realized that soldiers were winning battles, but politicians were not trying to win the war" (page 237). Can there be any truer form of this statement?
I found out how barbaric and inhumane some governments and individuals could be. Imagine having a human blood bank (a set of persons you lock up in a place and draw blood from their bodies till the last drop). This was too emotional for me. War is an outright death wish. However, I enjoyed the chicken story and the barking lizard story. Find out what happened in these stories, and you will laugh your ribs out as I did.
I learned a handful of life lessons from this book. I'm certain that you will need these lessons too. I disliked no parts of this book. There were minimal errors that didn't stand in the way of my good reading, convincing me that the book was professionally edited. Consequently, I would give a rating of 5 out of 5 stars.
Perhaps you have longed to read a historical account of the Vietnam War that is both interesting and hilarious; then you should get this book immediately. I would recommend it to you.
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Smallwar
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Smallwar: My Twenty-Seven Months as a Medic in Vietnam by Larry Kipp is an interesting and easy-to-read collection of real-life situations and personal experiences of a medical practitioner during the war between the United States of America and the Republic of Vietnam. The book bares the weaknesses and pains of humanity and a lot more.
I have read many accounts of wars between countries, but I have not yet come across an account of war presented in a less boring, hilarious, and heartwarming style. The headings, short chapters, natural and conversational flow of thoughts, and the book's tone won my heart. I love and appreciate how Larry Kipp explains every military jargon and acronym used in the preliminary pages. All these, put together, made the narration of the Vietnam War history interesting.
Most of the stories in Kipp's account give meaning to the popular saying that "when two elephants fight, the ground bears the brunt." If only our leaders had taken time to count the cost of war, the carnage it creates, its aftermaths, and the threat to life it imposes on the citizens, perhaps they wouldn't have given in to their wraths and furies. The author reveals a major fact when he says that "he realized that soldiers were winning battles, but politicians were not trying to win the war" (page 237). Can there be any truer form of this statement?
I found out how barbaric and inhumane some governments and individuals could be. Imagine having a human blood bank (a set of persons you lock up in a place and draw blood from their bodies till the last drop). This was too emotional for me. War is an outright death wish. However, I enjoyed the chicken story and the barking lizard story. Find out what happened in these stories, and you will laugh your ribs out as I did.
I learned a handful of life lessons from this book. I'm certain that you will need these lessons too. I disliked no parts of this book. There were minimal errors that didn't stand in the way of my good reading, convincing me that the book was professionally edited. Consequently, I would give a rating of 5 out of 5 stars.
Perhaps you have longed to read a historical account of the Vietnam War that is both interesting and hilarious; then you should get this book immediately. I would recommend it to you.
******
Smallwar
View: on Bookshelves |
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