The Nightingale's Song PG_Gift_Guide Showdown with the Red Dragon

Showdown with the Red Dragon

a group of intellectuals that have recently been targeted by a growing

Terrified she’ll be cast out of the academy

and most genre-defying work yet

The Nightingale's Song PG_Gift_Guide Showdown with the Red DragonRobert Timberg weaves together the lives of Annapolis graduates John McCain, James Webb, Oliver North, Robert McFarlane, and John Poindexter to reveal how the Vietnam War continues to haunt America. Casting all five men as metaphors for a legion of well meaning if ill starred warriors, Timberg probes the fault line between those who fought the war and those who used money, wit, and connections to avoid battle. A riveting tale that illuminates the flip