Fields of Fire: A Novel

Fields of Fire: A Novel

â€œIn my opinion, the finest of the Vietnam novels.â€â€”Tom Wolfe

They each had their reasons for joining the Marines. They each had their illusions. Goodrich came from Harvard. Snake got the tattooâ€”â€œDeath Before Dishonorâ€â€”before he got the uniform. 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 one another, and were each reborn in fields of fire.

Fields of FireÂ is James Webbâ€™s classic 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,Â Fields of FireÂ captures the journey of unformed men through a man-made hellâ€”until each man finds his fate.

Praise forÂ Fields of Fire

â€œFew writers since Stephen Crane have portrayed men at war with such a ring of steely truth.â€â€”The Houston Post

â€œA stunner . . . Webb gives us an extraordinary range of acutely observed people, not one a stereotype, and as many different ways of looking at that miserable war.â€â€”Newsweek

â€œA novel of such fullness and impact, one is tempted to compare it to Norman Mailerâ€™sÂ The Naked and the Dead.â€â€”The Oregonian

â€œWebbâ€™s book has the unmistakable sound of truth acquired the hard way. His men hate the war; it is a lethal fact cut adrift from personal sense. Yet they understand that its profound insanity, its blood and oblivion, have in some way made them fall in love with battle and with each other.â€â€”Time
Country USA
Brand Bantam
Manufacturer Bantam
Binding Mass Market Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780553583854
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2001-08-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780553583854

Country	USA
Brand	Bantam
Manufacturer	Bantam
Binding	Mass Market Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780553583854
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2001-08-28
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780553583854

Fields of Fire: A Novel

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