Why Are We in Vietnam?

from DinadansFriend

Mailer uses the metaphor of a hunting trip to explore some of the ways in which young men are exploited by older men. We get a healthy dose of Melville echoes as well, and more references to the writings of other men than we normally get from Mailer. It is a raw book, because the process can be v...

from joeydag

Too long ago. Was there where the children are fighting about standing up their father and it is symbolic about our ignorance and folly in fighting overseas?

from Fenoxielo

When you think about it, the only way to really answer the question of why the U.S. was in Vietnam is to NOT talk about Vietnam. The word only appears three times: once in the title, and twice in the last paragraph. The rest of the book is a modern Moby-Dick in the Alaskan wilderness, with a Texa...