{"product_id":"the-odyssey-of-echo-company-the-1968-tet-offensive-and-the-epic-battle-to-survive-the-vietnam-war-9781476761947","title":"The Odyssey of Echo Company: The 1968 Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle to Survive the Vietnam War","description":"\u003cb\u003eSELECTED BY \u003ci\u003eMILITARY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eAS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * SELECTED BY THE SOCIETY OF MIDLAND AUTHORS' AS THE BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eIn Harm's Way\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHorse Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e shares the powerful account of an American army platoon fighting for survival during the Vietnam War in \"an important book....not just a battle story--it's also about the home front\" (The \u003ci\u003eToday \u003c\/i\u003eshow).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn January 31, 1968, as many as 100,000 guerilla fighters and soldiers in the North Vietnamese Army attacked thirty-six cities throughout South Vietnam, hoping to dislodge American forces during one of the vital turning points of the Vietnam War. Alongside other young American soldiers in an Army reconnaissance platoon (Echo Company, 1\/501) of the 101st Airborne Division, Stanley Parker, the nineteen-year-old son of a Texan ironworker, was suddenly thrust into savage combat, having been in-country only a few weeks. As Stan and his platoon-mates, many of whom had enlisted in the Army, eager to become paratroopers, moved from hot zone to hot zone, the extreme physical and mental stresses of Echo Company's day-to-day existence, involving ambushes and attacks, grueling machine-gun battles, and impossibly dangerous rescues of wounded comrades, pushed them all to their limits and forged them into a lifelong brotherhood. The war became their fight for survival. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen they came home, some encountered a bitterly divided country that didn't understand what they had survived. Returning to the small farms, beach towns, and big cities where they grew up, many of the men in the platoon fell silent, knowing that few of their countrymen wanted to hear the stories they lived to tell--until now. Based on interviews, personal letters, and Army after-action reports, \u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey of Echo Company\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the searing tale of wartime service and homecoming of ordinary young American men in an extraordinary time and confirms Doug Stanton's prominence as an unparalleled storyteller of our age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStanton, Doug:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Doug Stanton is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers \u003ci\u003eIn Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHorse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan\u003c\/i\u003e, which is the basis for a Jerry Bruckheimer-produced movie by the same name, starring Chris Hemsworth and Michael Shannon, to be released by Warner Bros. in 2018. He attended Hampshire College and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek, Esquire\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e, where he has been a contributing editor. Stanton is a founder of the National Writers Series, a year-round book festival, and lives in his hometown of Traverse City, Michigan, with his wife, Anne Stanton, and their three children, John, Katherine, and Will.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50662441156882,"sku":"9781476761947","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_398ab5f5-9162-4d32-8ba5-fab0385d6b77.jpg?v=1733524178","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-odyssey-of-echo-company-the-1968-tet-offensive-and-the-epic-battle-to-survive-the-vietnam-war-9781476761947","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}