According to www.barnesandnoble.com, it was the book that shattered America's deliberate indifference to the fate of the men it sent to fight in the jungles of Vietnam, and in the years since it was first published it has become a basic text on that war. ... In 1977, he left the Tribune and started writing novels. ... In my perspective the major theme of this book was the effect of war upon man. ...

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• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School