"Puttin' on Airs"

Review Written By Bernie Weisz, Historian, Vietnam War. June 19, 2013 Pembroke Pines, Florida USA Contact: [email protected] Title of Review: "My Participation In Viet Nam; I Did Not Want To Kill Anyone In What I Considered An Unjust & Unnecessary War" "Puttin On Airs" has so many topics and themes that the reader will wonder if multiple authors cooperated to write this. However, there is only one author here, Ben Bradberry, a man deemed a maverick who made himself successful despite overwhelming odds against him. Here is the story of Bradberry's life, a man who came from the very bottom level of the socio-economic ladder as one of ten impoverished children from Louisiana. His story would end as a self-made multi-millionaire and seasoned world traveler. Yet "Puttin' On Airs" is much more than a rags to riches story. It is an in depth examination of what Bradberry witnessed during a twenty one year naval career at a time when the United States was deeply embroiled in the Cold War as well as the morass of Viet Nam. Great pains are taken by Bradberry to reveal his experiences there in the closing year of the war, an American endeavor he declares both disastrous and unnecessary. While the author felt it was a grave error for American involvement in S.E. Asia, he nevertheless volunteered out of both patriotism and to perform his duty as a professional officer. Ultimately, Bradberry's maverick spirit would shine forth and his fortunes would truly blossom in private industry. Today, in his seventies he is a successful business owner with no plans to retire. You will be treated to his rare insights about the Cold War, Viet Nam, Bradberry's thoughts on education in this country, race relations, divorce, politics, traveling, and most interestingly, an explanation as to why the history of the Nazi Third Reich and the Holocaust is erroneous with the German hierarchy wrongly being vilified. Born to parents with extreme indigence in rural Louisiana, Ben Bradberry believes his father would tell him that even today he is still "puttin' on airs." Physically and emotionally abused, Bradberry and his nine siblings were constantly reminded by their semi-illiterate father to accept their destitute position in life, and any attempt to improve in any form would pretentiously be "puttin' on airs." By absorbing himself in reading any books he could get his hands on, diligently studying the bible and associating himself with anyone that could teach or assist him in breaking the mold

שנה

2007

שפה

English

הוצאה

AuthorHouse

מהדורות

1

עמודים

360

ISBN

9781434332738

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata