- Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975, American Authors, Personal narratives, American, American Personal narratives
In Pharaoh's Army is Tobias Wolff's unflinching account of his tour in Vietnam, his tangled journey there and back. Using his old wiles and talents, he passes through boot camp, trains as a paratrooper, volunteers for the Special Forces, studies Vietnamese, and - without really believing it himself - becomes an officer in the U.S.
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Classical in form, earnest, prestige and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
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- Author
- Tobias Wolff
- First published
- 1994
- Pages
- 221
- Publisher
- Tandem Library, Picador, Bloomsbury
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780679402176
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