If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home by Tim O'Brien

If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home

Tim O'Brien

225 pages first pub 1973 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

The author takes us with him to experience combat from behind an infantryman's rifle, to walk the minefields of My Lai, to crawl into the ghostly tunnels, and to explore the ambiguities of manhood and morality in a war gone terribly wrong. Beautif...

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Moods

dark 78%
informative 71%
reflective 71%
sad 50%
emotional 42%
challenging 28%
tense 28%
funny 7%

Pace

medium 62%
slow 18%
fast 18%

Average rating

3.81

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