Working-Class War: American Combat Soldiers and Vietnam

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Acknowledgments ix
• Introduction - Facing the Wall 1
• 1 - Working-Class War 11
• 2 - Life before the Nam 44
• 3 - Basic Training 86
• 4 - Ominous Beginnings 117
• 5 - The Terms of Battle 145
• 6 - Drawing Fire and Laying Waste 174
• 7 - A War for Nothing 206
• 8 - What Are We Becoming? 250
• 9 - Am I Right or Wrong? 298
• Notes 323
• Bibliography 343
• Index 355