A Vietnam War novel that gives voice to the dispossessed this powerful andprofound work introduces Lieutenant Lopezan American of Mexican heritagewhovolunteers ... » 

A Vietnam War novel that gives voice to the dispossessed this powerful andprofound work introduces Lieutenant Lopezan American of Mexican heritagewhovolunteers for a tour of duty to escape personal tragedy. Assigned to a remoteborder camp defended by a U.S. Special Forces team and by Vietnameseirregulars Lopez gradually grows out of his shell of selfpity only to becomefully aware of the brutality cynicism and injustice of war. Unflinching andunsettling this novel asks the moving question How far will one individual goto right the wrongs of his country before betraying his fellow soldiers? «