{"product_id":"fields-of-fire-9780553583854","title":"Fields of Fire","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"In my opinion, the finest of the Vietnam novels.\"--Tom Wolfe\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e They each had their reasons for joining the Marines. They each had their illusions. Goodrich came from Harvard. Snake got the tattoo--\"Death Before Dishonor\"--before he got the uniform. Hodges was haunted by the ghosts of family heroes. They were three young men from different worlds, plunged into a white-hot, murderous realm of jungle warfare as it was fought by one Marine platoon in the An Hoa Basin, 1969. They had no way of knowing what awaited them. Nothing could have prepared them for the madness to come. And in the heat and horror of battle they took on new identities, took on one another, and were each reborn in fields of fire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFields of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is James Webb's classic novel of the Vietnam War, a novel of poetic power, razor-sharp observation, and agonizing human truths seen through the prism of nonstop combat. Weaving together a cast of vivid characters, \u003ci\u003eFields of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e captures the journey of unformed men through a man-made hell--until each man finds his fate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFields of Fire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Few writers since Stephen Crane have portrayed men at war with such a ring of steely truth.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Houston Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A stunner . . . Webb gives us an extraordinary range of acutely observed people, not one a stereotype, and as many different ways of looking at that miserable war.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A novel of such fullness and impact, one is tempted to compare it to Norman Mailer's \u003ci\u003eThe Naked and the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Oregonian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Webb's book has the unmistakable sound of truth acquired the hard way. His men hate the war; it is a lethal fact cut adrift from personal sense. Yet they understand that its profound insanity, its blood and oblivion, have in some way made them fall in love with battle and with each other.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the age of twenty-three, \u003cb\u003eJames Webb\u003c\/b\u003e became one of the most highly decorated Marines of the Vietnam War, receiving among other honors the Navy Cross for \"extraordinary heroism\" and two Purple Hearts. His subsequent career has been divided between writing and public service. The author of ten books, including six bestselling novels, a filmmaker, and an Emmy Award-winning journalist, Webb also served as a committee counsel in Congress, an Assistant Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Navy, and as a member of the United States Senate. The father of six children, he lives in Virginia with his wife, Hong Le Webb, who was born in Vietnam and is a graduate of Cornell Law School.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bantam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50645416214802,"sku":"9780553583854","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e71f9f62-cece-4640-8f3d-9a7971eb9a27.jpg?v=1733151850","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fields-of-fire-9780553583854","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}