ISBN: 1497692458 9781497692459

Category: Fiction / War & Military

Page count: 72

<b>A tour of duty through the worst that the world has to offer</b><br><br> Before his time as a professor of writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, before penning multiple Nebula and Hugo Award–winning novels and stories, Joe Haldeman was a soldier in Vietnam, an experience that changed him and colored much of what he has written. <i>War Year </i>is Haldeman’s first novel and his first attempt to describe what he saw in Vietnam and give insight into what happened for the benefit of those who weren’t there.<br>  <br> The minimalist <i>War Year </i>follows the life of John Farmer, a combat engineer, over the course of a year in Vietnam. John undergoes training, and then, along with his fellow soldiers, does whatever it takes to survive in unforgiving conditions.<br>  <br> Powerful and affecting, <i>War Year </i>reaches its highest peaks as it describes with enduring truth the sights and experiences of what it was like to be in the humid jungles of Vietnam in 1968.<br><br> This ebook features an illustrated biography of Joe Haldeman including rare images from the author’s personal collection. <br>