Paths of War: Vietnam's Mekong Delta, A novel of the Riverine Brigades and Army Tugs, Hurricane Road #7 - Roger C. Horton - Bog

This novel, Paths of War, begins in the delta city of My Tho, 1935; four young brothers are caught up in the revolt against the French. The composition of the revolution is altered as the conflict is overshadowed by WWII and includes the Japanese, Chinese, British and Americans. Victory over France exposes divisions within the movement as the Communist take control and a ruthless civil war begins. The great powers choose sides, as do the Ngo brothers.By 1967 a half million American and SEATO allies fight alongside the South Vietnamese Army. This story follows Lt Dole, Cuban American SFC Max Vega, who survived the Bay of Pigs, and draftees Russo, Jones, all members of the Riverine Brigades of the Me Kong Delta. Floridian, Alex Russell, is in command of an Army tug, dragging ammunition barges up the torturous rivers, and Col. Ngo Viet, the VC Col. hardened by thirty years of constant war. Other characters, GI's, the Vietnamese crews of Russell's tug, bar girls, and so many more bring the emotions and tragedies of the period to life. Paths of War will leave you with a new understanding of the word, veteran, and why even the most courageous soldiers can seldom relate to others their memories of war. Read it and be changed