The explosive issue of Vietnam has spawned a breathtaking novel, a thriller that captures all the intrigue and agony of the fateful conflict still on America's mind. The U.S. government is about to bury the Unknown Soldier, but one man questions the Pentagon's priorities and launches his own investigation.

This volume looks at how America and the American government have remembered, commemorated and interpreted the history of the American Expeditionary Forces who were sent to Europe to fight in the First World War, as well as how they fought, and how they have been portrayed in culture.

"Originally published in Russian as U voiny--ne zhenskoe lietiso by Mastatskaya Litaratura, Minsk, in 1985. Originally published in English as War's unwomanly face by Progress Publishers, Moscow, in 1988"--Title page verso.

Eloquently describes the history, pageantry, and ceremonial proceedings of the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Regiment's (The Old Guard) Caisson Platoon, and the internment ceremony of our nation's warriors in Arlington National Cemetery. Grandpa, the main character, tells the story of the Caisson Platoon to his grandchildren built upon a personal relationship with a horse at the stables; Mark. The reader is provided a behind the scene view of the soldiers and horses in the stables at Fort Myer, Virginia, as well as insight to the ceremonial proceedings in Arlington National Cemetery.