THUNDER AND FLAMES: AMERICANS IN THE CRUCIBLE OF COMBAT, 1917-1918 By Edward G. Lengel University Press of Kansas, $39.95, 470 pages In a decision that history declares was perceptively wise ...

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Some of them are included in a new book by Jacksonville University Professor Keith Saliba, "Crucible 1972: The War for Peace in Vietnam." It's Saliba's second nonfiction book on Vietnam.

Some of them are included in a new book by Jacksonville University Professor Keith Saliba, "Crucible 1972: The War for Peace in Vietnam." It's Saliba's second nonfiction book on Vietnam.