365 Days

365 Days

A new edition of Ron Glasser's classic. In this gripping account, Glasser offers an unparalleled description of the horror endured daily by those on the front lines. â€œThe best book to come out of Vietnam.â€ David Mamet
Assigned to Zama, an Army hospital in Japan in September 1968, Glasser arrived as a pediatrician in the U.S. Army Medical Corps to care for the children of officers and high-ranking government officials. The hospital's main mission, however, was to support the war and care for the wounded. â€œThey all came through the hospitals of Japan â€¦ the chopper pilots and the RTO's, the forward observers, the cooks, the medics and the sergeants... the heroes and the ones under military arrest, the drug addicts and the killers.â€ At Zama, an average of six to eight thousand patients were attended to per month, and the death and suffering were staggering. The soldiers counted their days by the length of their tourâ€•one year, or 365 daysâ€•and they knew, down to the day, how much time they had left. Glasser tells their storiesâ€•of lives shockingly interrupted by the tragedies of warâ€•with moving, humane eloquence.
Country USA
Brand George Braziller
Manufacturer George Braziller Inc.
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2014-05-12
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780807600016

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