War Year

War Year

<DIV><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 />  </DIV>