The Short-Timers

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Vietnam War novel novel

The Short-Timers is a semi-autobiographical Vietnam War novel by Gustav Hasford that offers a stark, darkly satirical portrayal of U.S. Marines’ training and combat experiences.

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Label	Occurrences
The Short-Timers canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Vietnam War novel ⓘ novel ⓘ
adaptationDirector	Stanley Kubrick NERFINISHED ⓘ
adaptationReleaseYear	1987 ⓘ
adaptationType	feature film ⓘ
adaptedAs	Full Metal Jacket NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Gustav Hasford NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Gustav Hasford's experiences as a U.S. Marine in Vietnam ⓘ
coBasisOfAdaptationWith	The Phantom Blooper NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describes	U.S. Marine Corps recruit training ⓘ combat experiences in the Vietnam War ⓘ
followedBy	The Phantom Blooper NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	military fiction ⓘ satirical fiction ⓘ war fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter	Gunnery Sergeant Hartman NERFINISHED ⓘ James T. "Joker" Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonard "Gomer Pyle" Lawrence NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasISBN	9780060970621 ⓘ
hasLocation	Hue NERFINISHED ⓘ Parris Island NERFINISHED ⓘ South Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainCharacter	James T. "Joker" Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPageCountApprox	192 ⓘ
hasProtagonistOccupation	U.S. Marine combat correspondent ⓘ
hasTheme	absurdity of war ⓘ loss of innocence ⓘ military indoctrination ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryMovement	postmodern literature ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person ⓘ
notableFor	influence on Vietnam War cinema ⓘ realistic depiction of Marine boot camp ⓘ
originalPublisherImprint	Harper & Row NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfSeries	Gustav Hasford's Vietnam trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationYear	1979 ⓘ
publisher	Harper & Row NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	dehumanization in military training ⓘ morality in combat ⓘ psychological effects of war ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted	1960s ⓘ
tone	darkly satirical ⓘ stark ⓘ

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Full Metal Jacket → basedOn → The Short-Timers ⓘ

Private Joker in Full Metal Jacket → basedOnCharacterFrom → The Short-Timers ⓘ

subject surface form: Private Joker