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I Am the War began as a collection of Vietnam memories as told by a Marine combat photographer. After 17 years, it was the first chance he'd ever had to talk to anyone about his war. As he spoke, two wars emerged: the remembered tour in Vietnam and a more horrible, unremembered war that boiled up from his subconscious. I Am the War records his journey down the dark twisting trails of Vietnam's jungles and of his own mind, through combat and catastrophe in Southeast Asia, and through delayed stress, jail and madness back home. I Am the War also recounts how remembering can heal a reluctant warrior's tortured soul.
Anonymous
Posted April 4, 2001
Although I wish the author had gone into more detail on a few of his memories, I found following the unfolding recesses of Hallas' mind gripping and eerie at the same time. No false plot, no literary mechanics -- just one man, a tape recorder, and a ten-year-old mystery of what is the 'truth.' This should be required reading in any college class that deals with Vietnam or its aftermath. This is as close as you can get to real without being crouched in the mud beside them.
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Posted October 27, 2000
I have often wondered how I would have gone on with my life if I'd seen and experienced the things so many men and women saw and experienced in Vietnam. I will never know, of course -- but I got some clues from reading 'I Am the War.' The book comprises transcriptions of tape recordings made as Vietnam vet Jim Hallas talked through his long-suppressed war memories with Lori Varosh there to listen and lend support. Perhaps as a result of this technique, the book has an almost naked honesty about Jim's reactions to his experiences during and after the war. Such honesty is difficult to achieve when speaking or writing about oneself, and so I consider having read 'I Am the War' a gift.
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I Am the War began as a collection of Vietnam memories as told by a Marine combat photographer. After 17 years, it was the first chance he'd ever had to talk to anyone about his war. As he spoke, two wars emerged: the remembered tour in Vietnam and a more horrible, unremembered war that boiled up from his subconscious. I Am...