Fields of Fire: A Novel - Couverture souple

Webb, James H.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1557509638 ISBN 13 : 9781557509635

Editeur : Naval Institute Press, 2000

Synopsis

Hailed as the most important novel to emerge from the Vietnam War, <em>Fields of Fire</em> launched a spectacular writing career for James Webb. A much-decorated former marine who fought and was wounded in Vietnam, Webb tells the story of a platoon of tough, young marines enduring the tropical hell of Southeast Asian jungles while facing an invisible enemy - in a war no one understands. It is a powerful work that brilliantly expresses the basic ambiguity of war: the repulsion of war's destruction contrasted with the grisly attraction of war as the ultimate test of survival.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

<strong>James Henry Jim Webb, Jr. </strong>(b. 1946) is the senior United States Senator from Virginia. He is also an author and a former Secretary of the Navy. He is a member of the Democratic Party. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Webb served as a Marine Corps infantry officer and is a highly decorated Vietnam War combat veteran. During his four years with the Reagan administration, he served as the first Assistant Secretary of Defence for Reserve Affairs, then as Secretary of the Navy. <br><br>In 2006 he was elected the Democratic Senator for Virginia. In 2012 he retired from the senate to return to the private sector. He is also an author of many books, stating that ""I've written for a living all my life, so writing is as much a part of me as working out.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Naval Institute Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1557509638
• ISBN 13: 9781557509635
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 344
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