Lullabies for Lieutenants

<p> Capturing the chaotic nature of the U.S. Marine experience at war in Vietnam this memoir recounts the experiences of a young officer in a series of unrelated short pieces. In a narrative as fragmented as the war itself the only resolution is the same one reached by the Marines who fought--the conclusion of a tour of duty with no happy ending. Each chapter describes a specific event a story of emotion or a remarkable person (some are heroes some are cowards). The reader lives the experience alongside the author gaining a true sense of the pulse-pounding contact surrealism pathos humor and beauty that defined one of the low points of the American experience.</p>