IN PHAROH'S ARMY. Memories of the Lost War
first edition Hardcover
1994 · New York
by Wolff, Tobias
New York: Knopf, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. The author'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. Army. Then, inexorably, he finds himself drawn into the war, sent to the Mekong Delta as adviser to a Vietnamese battalion. 221pp. (Inventory #: 13412)