Fields of Fire
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Fields of Fire is a critically acclaimed Vietnam War novel by Jim Webb that portrays the brutal realities and psychological toll of combat on a group of U.S. Marines.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fields of Fire canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Vietnam War novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Jim Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorBackground |
Jim Webb is a Vietnam War veteran
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Jim Webb served as a U.S. Marine in Vietnam ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| depicts |
brutality of combat
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camaraderie among soldiers ⓘ moral ambiguity of war ⓘ psychological trauma of soldiers ⓘ |
| describedAs | one of the most powerful novels about the Vietnam War ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
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military fiction ⓘ war fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
U.S. Marine infantrymen
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combat officers ⓘ enlisted soldiers ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | later Vietnam War literature ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
alienation of veterans
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brotherhood in combat ⓘ leadership under fire ⓘ loss of innocence ⓘ moral complexity of war ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | post-Vietnam War American literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
U.S. Marines
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combat in the Vietnam War ⓘ psychological effects of war ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critical acclaim
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depiction of psychological toll of war ⓘ realistic portrayal of infantry combat in Vietnam ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
emotional strain of prolonged combat
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life in the field for Marines ⓘ small-unit infantry combat ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| publisher | Prentice Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timeOfNarrative | late 1960s ⓘ |
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