If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Ship Me Home

If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Ship Me Home
ISBN-10
0767904435
ISBN-13
9780767904438
Series
If I Die in a Combat Zone
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
199
Language
English
Published
1973
Publisher
Broadway Books
Author
Tim O'Brien

Description

A candid view of the American military establishment and the Vietnam conflict as witnessed by a foot soldier in the late sixties.

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