Passing Time
Memoir of a Vietnam Veteran Against the War, rev. ed.
Format:Paperback
Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc
Published:22nd Nov '22
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
From 1969 to 1974 Ehrhart was just passing time. His reentry into the "world" began with his enrollment as a 21-year-old freshman (and token Vietnam vet) at Swarthmore College. At first simply trying to bury his past, Ehrhart slowly came to understand what happened to him, and why, in Vietnam. Interspersed are flashbacks to the war itself.
It is the story of political--and personal--awakening. As the war dragged on, the United States' deceitful involvement and its perpetuation of fallacies and lies about the war's conduct forced Ehrhart to confront his own feelings about his government, country and self. Throughout, the reader shares with Ehrhart his odyssey through naivete, growing awareness, angry withdrawal and, finally, a measure of peace.
“As a poet and editor, Bill Ehrhart is clearly one of the major figures in Vietnam War literature”—John Newman, curator of the Vietnam War Literature Collection at Colorado State University
“One of the great poets and writers of nonfiction produced by the Vietnam War”—The Nation
“Thoughtful and probing...a must”—Choice
“Possibly the greatest and most valuable of all the [Vietnam War] autobiographies...should be required reading”—H. Bruce Franklin, Rutgers
“Full of honest and personal accounts”—Fellowship
“His memoirs and poems need to be read as long as there is a memory of America’s participation in war in Vietnam.”—VVA Books
“A powerful book”—Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee
ISBN: 9781476690490
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
Weight: 404g
311 pages