Fields of Fire, Paperback

Descriere

They each had their reasons for being a soldier. They each had their illusions. Goodrich came from Harvard. Snake got the tattoo -- Death Before Dishonor -- before he got the uniform. And Hodges was haunted by the ghosts of family heroes. They were three young men from different worlds plunged into a white-hot, murderous realm of jungle warfare as it was fought by one Marine platoon in the An Hoa Basin, 1969. They had no way of knowing what awaited them. Nothing could have prepared them for the madness to come. And in the heat and horror of battle they took on new identities, took on each other, and were each reborn in fields of fire.... Fields of Fire is James Webb's classic, searing novel of the Vietnam War, a novel of poetic power, razor-sharp observation, and agonizing human truths seen through the prism of nonstop combat. Weaving together a cast of vivid characters, Fields of Fire captures the journey of unformed men through a man-made hell -- until each man finds his fate.

Despre autor

Jim Webb

politician, ofițer militar și scriitor american (n. 1946)

James Henry Webb Jr. este un politician și autor american care a îndeplinit funcția de senator al Statelor Unite ale Americii pentru Virginia între 2007 și 2013. A fost anterior secretar al Marinei, secretar al Apărării pentru afacerile rezervelor, consilier al Comisiei pentru afacerile veteranilor a Camerei Reprezentanților a Statelor Unite și este un ofițer retras din Corpul Marinei.