BOOKS - The Short-Timers
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The Short-Timers
Author: Gustav Hasford
Year: February 1, 1979
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 800 KB
Language: English
Year: February 1, 1979
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 800 KB
Language: English
This novel was the source text of Kubrick's and "Full Metal Jacket and ". It follows the career of the sardonic narrator from the organized sadism of Marine basic training to an assignment as a combat reporter in Vietnam to his experiences as a platoon commander after the Tet offensive, portraying the descent into barbarism that marked America's intervention in Vietnam.