13th Valley, The John Del Vecchio,
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553260200
DDC: 813.54
Edition: Mass Market Paperback; 1984-11-01
Summary:
A work that has served as a literary cornerstone for the Vietnam
generation, The 13th Valley follows the strange and terrifying
Vietnam combat experiences of James Chelini, a telephone-systems
installer who finds himself an infantryman in territory controlled by
the North Vietnamese Army. Spiraling deeper and deeper into a world
of conflict and darkness, this harrowing account of Chelini's plunge
and immersion into jungle warfare traces his evolution from a
semipacifist to an all-out warmonger.The seminal novel on the Vietnam
experience, The 13th Valley is a classic that illuminates the war in
Southeast Asia like no other book.
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