Making Violence Visible in Vietnam War Narratives: The Case of “A Rumor of War”

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  • Stefano Rosso

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https://doi.org/10.13136/2281-4582/2010.i0.823

Abstract

Before you leave here, sir, you’re going to learn that one of
the most brutal things in the world is your average
nineteenth-year-old American boy.
(Philip Caputo, A Rumor of War)
Can the foot soldier teach anything important about war,
merely for having been there? I think not. He can tell war
stories.
(Tim O’Brien, If I Die in a Combat Zone)

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2010-01-01

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2010: Blog Series

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Articles: Special Section

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