If I Die in a Combat Zone
Author | : Tim O'Brien |
Publisher | : HarperPerennial |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006 |
ISBN-10 | : 0007204973 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780007204977 |
Rating | : 4/5 (977 Downloads) |
Download or read book If I Die in a Combat Zone written by Tim O'Brien and published by HarperPerennial. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailed as one of the finest books to emerge from the Vietnam War, If I Die in a Combat Zone is a fascinating insight into the lives of the soldiers caught in the conflict. First published in 1973, this intensely personal novel about one foot soldier's tour of duty in Vietnam established Tim O'Brien's reputation as the outstanding chronicler of the Vietnam experience for a generation of Americans. From basic training to the front line and back again, he takes the reader on an unforgettable journey - walking the minefields of My Lai, fighting the heat and the snipers in an alien land, crawling into the ghostly tunnels - as he explores the ambiguities of manhood and morality in a war no one believes in.