The Uncomfortable Zone
Memoir Chronicles How One Intelligence Analyst Predicted Enemy Attacks
Xulon Press announces the release of The Uncomfortable Zone Down From The Mountains
Memoir Chronicles How One Intelligence Analyst Predicted Enemy Attacks
2018-04-24
Within the pages of his autobiography
The
Uncomfortable Zone ($16.49, paperback, 9781545629932; $8.995,
e-book, 9781545629949), Luikart chronicles growing up in West
Virginia then being involved in the Tet Offensive in Vietnam on February 1969
at age 19.
“In 1968, most of us in the
U.S. Army were patriots,” the author states. “While
we didn't like the war, we went and we served. This book is about a young
intelligence analyst and how I was able to predict enemy attacks.”
Readers will step into the Vietnam War and look at the
situation of U.S. troops as they waged to stop the communist aggression.
“This book attempts to show
how intelligence supports the war fighter and how young men are selected and
tempered to become intelligence analysts,” Luikart
says. “It is noteworthy because the tools used
to track the enemy lacked modern technology, requiring a pencil.”
Kenneth Luikart was a combat order battle analyst for the U.S. Army during two tours in Vietnam. From 1975
to 2001, he also served as a National Guard wing intelligence non-commissioned
officer. His previous book was The Comfort Zone: Growing Up in Appalachia.