{"product_id":"lieutenant-dangerous-a-vietnam-war-memoir-9781586422738","title":"Lieutenant Dangerous: A Vietnam War Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA must-read war memoir... \u003c\/b\u003ewith zero punches pulled, related by one of the most incisive observers of the American political scene. --KIRKUS (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFunny, biting, thoughtful and wholly original. --Tim O'Brien, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Things They Carried\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff Danziger, one of the leading political cartoonists of his generation, captures the fear, sorrow, absurdity, and unintended but inevitable consequences of war with dark humor and penetrating moral clarity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf there is any discipline at the start of wars it dissipates as the soldiers themselves become aware of the pointlessness of what they are being told to do.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA conversation with a group of today's military age men and women about America's involvement in Vietnam inspired Jeff Danziger to write about his own wartime experiences: \"War is interesting,\" he reveals, \"if you can avoid getting killed, and don't mind loud noises.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFans of his cartooning will recognize his mordant humor applied to his own wartime training and combat experiences: \"I learned, and I think most veterans learn, that making people or nations do something by bombing or sending in armed troops usually fails.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNear the end of his telling, Danziger invites his audience--in particular the young friends who inspired him to write this informative and rollicking memoir--to ponder: \"What would you do? . . . Could you summon the bravery--or the internal resistance--to simply refuse to be part of the whole idiotic theater of the war? . . . Or would you be like me?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steerforth Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781586422738\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jeff Danziger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40190481596597,"sku":"9781586422738","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e92cd6de-0e48-4e1d-99a2-3714e26c8824.jpg?v=1623130764","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lieutenant-dangerous-a-vietnam-war-memoir-9781586422738","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}