{"product_id":"precious-freedom","title":"Precious Freedom","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781510785458\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Cloth over boards\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE #1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eBESTSELLING AUTHOR OF\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFLAGS OF OUR FATHERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eCOMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRECIOUS FREEDOM, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eA NOVEL OF THE WAR IN VIETNAM. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Vietnam War was a tragedy for America-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e for Vietnam. But for the Vietnamese, it was also a victory: they defeated the world's wealthiest country and most powerful military. James Bradley, the author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlags of Our Fathers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, began to wonder, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow did they win?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrecious Freedom\u003c\/i\u003eexplores this question in a powerful novel that is drawn from the pages of history.Informed by ten years of research and hundreds of interviews with US Marines, Viet Cong snipers, and Vietnamese fighters, politicians, and leaders, \u003ci\u003ePrecious Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e is storytelling at its finest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1967, nineteen-year-old Chip Zobel enlists in the Marines, answering his government's call to defend democracy in South Vietnam. But what he finds on the ground shakes his faith: poisoned punji sticks, rotting uniforms, Agent Orangetainted drinking water, constant ambushes, a brutal case of malaria-and the realization that many of the Viet Cong he's fighting are actually South Vietnamese locals-the men and women he thought he was fighting to defend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBack home, Chip's mother, Betty, initially a staunch supporter of the war, begins to question its morality. His father, Hank, a former Navy corpsman who fought in the Battle of Saipan during World War II, grows skeptical as he begins to read US military reports that compare Ho Chi Minh to George Washington-a fierce patriot who leads his pe","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41859483959429,"sku":"PR432621","price":94.9,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TTG4Q34JPJ3T.jpg?v=1789099501","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/precious-freedom","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}