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Dewey Decimal Number: 959.70438 EAN: 9780345386564 ISBN: 0345386566 Label: Ballantine Books Manufacturer: Ballantine Books Number Of Items: 1 Publication Date: February 15, 1994 Publisher: Ballantine Books Release Date: February 15, 1994 Studio: Ballantine Books Editorial Review: Product Description: "A singular and marvelous work." -- The New York Times "Compelling . . . A thoroughly honest view of what the experience of Vietnam meant to a young college graduate, a 'gung-ho' lieutenant in the marine corps who enlisted for the 'heroic experience' of war . . . It is the most eloquent statement yet on what Vietnam was for the lower echelons who had to do the dirty work." -- Seattle Times "Heartbreaking, terrifying, and enraging . . . It will make the strongest among us weep." -- Los Angeles Times Average Rating:
 Rating: - I felt as if I was in the foxholeBeside me, my buddy, Philip Caputo, was burning a leech from his stomach. I was focused on the tree line 100 yards east. There was a sniper in the waving palms and Caputo was next on watch so I could use my zippo on one of the slimey bastards. The air was as heavy as wet burlap and the sweat caused my vision to blur. Caputo brings us this close to what it felt like to be in 'Nam fighting a mindless battle against the little people who ruled the night. This memoir is incredibly accurate in its protrayal ... Read More Rating: - Viet nam accountCaputo's account as a combat officer is the best book on direct experience in Nam. It ranks up there with Normen Mailer's The Naked and fhe Dead and Audie Murphy's WW2 account of his combat experience in To Hell and Back superbley written--gripping. Maurice Rating: - Excellent look into front line VietnamI thought this book was the best book on Vietnam that I have ever read. Its a facinating look into life as a line officer in a front line Marine Infantry batallion during the early part of the war. Caputo holds nothing back when it comes to describing life on the front line and what goes through the minds of these young, too young Marines who fought on the front line. An excellent read and I highly reccomend it. Rating: - Well written and engrossingIts a page turner from start to finish. A very unique view of the war. Rating:  - Caputo wasn't much of a marineCaputo wasn't much of a marine. He started complaining about Vietnam before he arrived. Every page is filled with criticism, cynicism, griping, complaining, and self-serving tripe. He wanted to be a hero, but he didn't have what it took to be anything but a whining wimp. Certainly he writes well. But writing well and living well are entirely different. He doesn't understand honor or duty. Sure the war was politicized, but so is every war. Sure the rules of engagement were stupid, but a soldier serves. ... Read More |
