Other editions of book American War Library - Life of an American Soldier in Vietnam

Discusses the lives of American soldiers during the Korean Conflict, the kind of war they fought, and the distress caused by returning home to find that their efforts went virtually unnoticed.

Unprepared to fight the most unpopular war in their country's history, thousands of young Americans struggled with fear, loneliness, anger, and disillusionment in the jungles of Vietnam. On their return home, those who survived had to deal with the aftereffects of their war experience in virtual isolation.