Saddle up and tell the grunts from the Saigon cowboys with Vietnam War Slang
A vivid reflection of life in wartime"In his wide-ranging, authoritative dictionary, Tom Dalzell, one of America's leading lexicographers of slang, has brought it all together: from mummy sacks to the long long duck's back and the remfs to the Arvins. This a unique, unrivalled take on a war that remains a key moment in modern history. Tim O’Brien has written about ‘The Things They Carried’; now Tom Dalzell brings us ‘The Words They Used.’" Jonathon Green, author of Green's Dictionary of Slang "Tom Dalzell’s extraordinary Vietnam War Slang invites us to look back through the words and