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If I Die in a Combat Zone (Paladin Books) (Paperback)

by Tim O'Brien (Author)
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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Flamingo; New edition edition (24 April 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0586087990
  • ISBN-13: 978-0586087992
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 518,794 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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By the same author as "Northern Lights", "Going after Cacciato" and "The Nuclear Age", this book presents a first hand account of the author's time spent serving as an infantry sergeant in the Vietnamese War.


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Tim O'Brien was born in Minnesota and graduated from Macalester College in St Paul. He established himself as one of the leading writers of his generation in 1973 when he published 'If I Die In A Combat Zone', the compelling account of his own tour of duty in Vietnam and is widely regarded as the finest novelist the Vietnam War has produced.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A fine "On the Ground View", 30 May 2001
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This is not a history book, tactics and plans are not discussed. This is a book of survival, survival of a naïve individual who quickly gets the fastest lesson in maturity required - infantry soldier war. O'Brien's book is riveting reading, it is basic and direct, it quickly knocks any glory to be had in being in Vietnam. This is a book of survival, one were friendships can end quickly. O'Brien does not ask for sympathy he only appears to want the reader to try and understand what it is was like for the common GI.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb!, 25 Jan 2006
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We all think we know about the Vietnam war. The brutality, the slaughter, the insanity - a very general view. This book takes the reader right into the thick of it. You're not viewing the war on the General's map, you're right there in the fox hole with your buddies. This is the tale of a normal man living through the war. It's not a political text. There's no "slant" put on the events. It's just a straight forward personal story. Like sitting down and listening to a veteran talk - that's O'Brien's style and it is captivating.

I can't recommend this book highly enough. Whether you have an interest in the Vietnam war or not, you won't want to put it down.

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Apocalypse Wow!, 10 Aug 2000
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The horror... the horror... it's Vietnam, the way it was, and perhaps also the way we imagine it to have been, through the lens of films like Apocalypse Now and Platoon, only this is the (semi-fictionalised) account of Tim O'Brien's tour of duty through the madness of what is generally thought of as the first rock n' roll war. There is pain and suffering in his account, interspersed with the exhilaration of still being alive as each day brings him that one step closer to returning home. Tim's book reads fast and furious and is probably one of the finest examples of its genre.
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4.0 out of 5 stars foot soldier history
an excellent account of the foot soldiers journey in Vietnam. having studied the area for my Master's programme, Tim O'Brien still offers me an insightful account. Read more
Published 17 days ago by Mr. R. A. Coombes

3.0 out of 5 stars The Grunt's view
If I Die....is a worthwhile read if you have an interest in modern warfare and/or the Vietnam conflict. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Fish Fish

3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good, but not the best
I for one didn't quite 'get' the cult nature of this book. I can't say I've ever passionately recommended it as a harrowing portrait of Vietnam, of war in general, to another. Read more
Published 3 months ago by The Flashman

5.0 out of 5 stars A good book with some conscience issues
I found this book a very good read, an interesting one on the conscientious side compared to my previous readings, which were written by glory filled soldiers and/or soldiers who... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mr. J. W. Turner

3.0 out of 5 stars Brief war story and little more
This is a brief but interesting war story of O'Brian's year as a rifleman in the infantry in Vietnam. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Overseas Reviewer

4.0 out of 5 stars Rivetting
This is not a book that glorifies war. It does on the other hand engage fully with the experience what it is to live through combat. Read more
Published 24 months ago by Mrs. K. A. Wheatley

2.0 out of 5 stars An OK account of the Vietnam experience - but it fails to convince
"Nobody has written about the Vietnam War with more eloquence than Tim O'Brien." So says the quote from the Washington Star on the book's cover, going on to add, "[this] may be... Read more
Published on 23 Oct 2006 by Nigel Collier

3.0 out of 5 stars Madness, Insanity & Banality in the field
Interesting recollections of a year in Vietnam some 35 years ago. The emphasis is very much upon how many different weapons can kill you in how many different ways; but given the... Read more
Published on 26 May 2004 by Keith Appleyard

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