If I Die in a Combat Zone
- ISBN-10
- 0007204973
- ISBN-13
- 9780007204977
- Series
- If I Die in a Combat Zone
- Category
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Pages
- 203
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- HarperPerennial
- Author
- Tim O'Brien
Description
Focussing on the Vietnam War, this book provides an insight into the lives of the soldiers caught in the conflict. The author takes the reader on a journey, walking the minefields of My Lai, and fighting the heat and the snipers in an alien land, as he explores the ambiguities of manhood and morality in war.
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