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

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Summary: The Early O'Brien...
Review: O'Brien is simply my favorite author. I was curious to read this, his first book, a memoir of his real days in country. It is without the lyrical beauty and power of some of his other fictionalized accounts of war, but as he says in How to Tell a True War Story--what exactly is real in war? This is as close one can come...a fascinating account--perhaps most interesting is the down time--the mundane aspects of war. His honesty is disarming (no pun intended), but the polished O'Brien we know and love is still developing. It is an important book and worth the time spent.

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Summary: The Early O'Brien...
Review: O'Brien is simply my favorite author. I was curious to read this, his first book, a memoir of his real days in country. It is without the lyrical beauty and power of some of his other fictionalized accounts of war, but as he says in How to Tell a True War Story--what exactly is real in war? This is as close one can come...a fascinating account--perhaps most interesting is the down time--the mundane aspects of war. His honesty is disarming (no pun intended), but the polished O'Brien we know and love is still developing. It is an important book and worth the time spent.

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Summary: Positive
Review: O'Brien's memoir of his Vietnam service covers his tour to Vietnam as a combat infantryman with the Americal Division in the region around My Lai, from 1969-70. It is one of the earliest books about Vietnam by a combatant. It is a very cleareyed, gripping account of his war.

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Summary: The Best Of Vietnam
Review: These are the most elegantly written memoirs about the horror that was Vietnam. It is a thorough telling of the tales in which innocence is lost and wisdom is gained. I am glad that O'Brien toured in Vietnam or else we would not have been blessed with such a wondeful work of literature. Just read the last few lines over and over. They'll make you cry. The most beautiful writer of his generation.

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Summary: The Best Of Vietnam
Review: These are the most elegantly written memoirs about the horror that was Vietnam. It is a thorough telling of the tales in which innocence is lost and wisdom is gained. I am glad that O'Brien toured in Vietnam or else we would not have been blessed with such a wondeful work of literature. Just read the last few lines over and over. They'll make you cry. The most beautiful writer of his generation.

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Summary: What I Think
Review: This book is a great book to understandong Vietnam. It is an eye opener. This is the second book I have read of Tim O'Brien's and I plan on going down the list of his books and keep on reading.

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Summary: This is a great realistic veitnam book.
Review: This book is a very good book eazy to follow along and quite interesting the author did a very good job with this book i really injoyed it.

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Summary: Recommended by Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 295
Review: This book is on the "Recommended Reading List" of Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 295, Indianapolis, Indiana

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Summary: exceptional!
Review: This is an excellent piece of literature. O'Brien is at his finest as he transcribes his experiences during the vietnam war. If you read "The Things They Carried" (which he wrote after this) you'll definately love this book. It's also interesting to observe some of the similarities to the characters in this memoir to those in The Things They Carried. It's exceptional, honestly. You wont be disappointed.

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Summary: exceptional!
Review: This is an excellent piece of literature. O'Brien is at his finest as he transcribes his experiences during the vietnam war. If you read "The Things They Carried" (which he wrote after this) you'll definately love this book. It's also interesting to observe some of the similarities to the characters in this memoir to those in The Things They Carried. It's exceptional, honestly. You wont be disappointed.