This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Free Book Program, which is open to all readers and is completely free. The author will provide you with a free copy of their book in exchange for an honest review. You and the author will discuss what sites you will post your review to and what kind of copy of the book you would like to receive (eBook, PDF, Word, paperback, etc.). To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email.
This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Review Exchange Program, which is open to all authors and is completely free. Simply put, you agree to provide an honest review an author's book in exchange for the author doing the same for you. What sites your reviews are posted on (B&N, Amazon, etc.) and whether you send digital (eBook, PDF, Word, etc.) or hard copies of your books to each other for review is up to you. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email, and be sure to describe your book or include a link to your Readers' Favorite review page or Amazon page.
This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Donation Program, which was created to help nonprofit and charitable organizations (schools, libraries, convalescent homes, soldier donation programs, etc.) by providing them with free books and to help authors garner more exposure for their work. This author is willing to donate free copies of their book in exchange for reviews (if circumstances allow) and the knowledge that their book is being read and enjoyed. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email. Be sure to tell the author who you are, what organization you are with, how many books you need, how they will be used, and the number of reviews, if any, you would be able to provide.
The story is based on personal experiences while I freelanced as as a photojournalist. Something or someone compelled me to write this after bottling this up inside of me for several decades. Perhaps it will give readers a better understanding of what Vietnam was about, at least from this unit's point of view.
Reviewed by K.C. Finn for Readers' Favorite
Fort Nowhere, Vietnam is a work of dramatic military fiction by author Arthur Wiederhold. Unusual to the genre, this novel focuses on the Vietnam War from a non-combat perspective as we follow our central character Art, a journalist no longer interested in sitting on the sidelines, or in participating in the anti-war movement with fellow scholars and leftist thinkers. Instead, Art gets himself posted to a Central Highlands camp that the soldiers call Fort Nowhere. From here, Art experiences the real lives and duties of soldiers posted to protect innocent villagers from the terrifying Viet Cong, and the transformations that the setting of war forces them to undergo. He may just have a transformation of his own on the way, too.
It's clear that Arthur Wiederhold has reporting in his roots, because the character of Art is realistic, diligent and serious in his craft of journalism. The scene, which takes place over six months between 1970 to 1971, is superbly well illustrated by the talented visual writing of the author, and the details that have gone into the research are clear on the page. Fans who lean more towards the literary side of fiction are certain to love these moments, but military action fans are encouraged to stay with the tale, taking them into some exciting, harrowing and dramatic moments that pepper the plot. Fort Nowhere, Vietnam brings together a powerful tale of cultures meeting, brotherhoods forming and the human condition pushed to its furthest extremes, and I’d highly recommend it to those seeking well-researched historical war fiction.
