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Originally Posted by InstantDeath
If you are into history/military history at all – two of my favorite books of all time are about the Vietnam War.
The first one is fiction (sort of), and is called ‘The Things They Carried’ by Tim O’Brien, a Vietnam veteran. It’s a book that is all at once amazingly entertaining and deeply touching. May be my favorite book ever.
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O'Brien feels that the idea of creating a story that is technically false yet truthfully portrays war, as opposed to just stating the facts and creating no emotion in the reader, is the correct way to clear his conscience and tell the story of thousands of soldiers who were forever silenced by society. Critics often cite this distinction when commenting on O'Brien's artistic aims in The Things They Carried and, in general, all of his fiction about Vietnam, claiming that O'Brien feels that the realities of the Vietnam War are best explored in fictional form rather than the presentation of precise facts.
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This is a really great book for anyone who enjoys war-fiction. It goes onto a different level and somehow keeps you interested while going to in-depth descriptions of the soldiers.