Long Binh Jail
Sign in to keep track of books you’ve read and want to read.
"Long Binh Jail was a place so feared that American soldiers would rather face the Viet Cong than be sent there."—BOOK JACKET.
Read more
"Known as "LBJ" or simply "The Stockade," it was officially the U.S. Army Installation Stockade in Long Binh, South Vietnam. Within its confines were Americans whose offenses ran the gamut from drug possession, insubordination, and AWOL, to assault, rape, and murder. Containing up to a thousand prisoners at a time, Long Binh jail was, in effect, the Army's own little penal colony and one sharply divided by racial tensions."—BOOK JACKET.
"In 1968, these tensions erupted when most of its African-American prisoners took over the prison compound. The riot, which had to be put down by armed American troops using tear gas, was noted around the world as another sign of the sagging morale of U.S. forces. Noted military historian Cecil Barr Currey tells the story of Long Binh jail through the words of dozens of former guards, prisoners, and administrators.
They reveal a disturbing aspect of the Vietnam War that has not been examined until now."—BOOK JACKET.
Liked Long Binh Jail? Here’s where I’d start.
These suit anyone who liked Long Binh Jail. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.
-
It took heroes Shares united states army, vietnam war, memoir -
Lichfield: The U.S. Army on Trial : The U.S. Army on Trial Shares prisons, united states army, USA -
Promises Kept: How One Couple's Love Survived Vietnam Shares united states army, vietnam war, memoir -
Just Another Day in Vietnam Shares united states army, vietnam war, memoir
