{"product_id":"9780595912766","title":"Land of Smiles","description":"Before Bush and Iraq, there was Nixon and Vietnam. It's 1969. The Vietnam War has turned into a meat grinder, 250,000 protesters are marching on Washington to confront a defiant President Nixon holed up in the White House, and Alden Maytree, fresh out of Catholic seminary, has passed his pre-induction physical. Just before Uncle Sam drafts him, he gets a surprise call. Instead of killing commies in Vietnam, how about spending two years next door in exotic Thailand, the \"Land of Smiles,\" as a Peace Corps Volunteer? But when he arrives in Bangkok, he discovers he can't escape the war and clashes with Peace Corps, the U.S. Embassy and the CIA. \u003ci\u003eLand of Smiles\u003c\/i\u003e is a memoir of one young man's coming of age during the Boomer generation's war-and the painful lessons he and America both learn as they try to save the world. ","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47074948579568,"sku":"9780595912766","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780595912766_p0.jpg?v=1763724831","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780595912766","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}