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Slow Walk in a Sad Rain: The Catch-22 of Vietnam-An American Classic Paperback | Pages: 288 pages

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Original Title:	Slow Walk in a Sad Rain: The Catch-22 of Vietnam
ISBN:	1570901740 (ISBN13: 9781570901744)
Edition Language:	English

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Hailed as the Catch-22 of the Vietnam War, Slow Walk in a Sad Rain is based on the author's own experiences as a combat Green Beret. This poignant, darkly comic debut novel establishes John P. McAfee as an extraordinary new voice in wartime fiction.The story begins in Special Forces A Camp, number 413, twenty miles from the Cambodian border. The camp's Green Berets, dividing their time between boredom and terror, are ostensibly led by a captain, the narrator of the story. But the officer actually takes his cue from an aggressive sergeant named Shotgun who is alternately crazy and wise, but always irresistibly, frighteningly dangerous. The altogether appropriate motto of A Camp is Normal is a cycle on a washing machine. Commanding officers issue orders that have no meaning; weapons are used in ways that are the grotesque opposite of their original design. And in an experience that has a real-life counterpart, the Green Berets stumble on a shocking alliance between the CIA and North Vietnam, something they realize they must destroy -- even at the cost of bringing both sides down on them.

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Title	:	Slow Walk in a Sad Rain: The Catch-22 of Vietnam-An American Classic
Author	:	John P. McAfee
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 288 pages
Published	:	March 1st 2002 by Alexander Books (first published February 8th 1993)
Categories	:	War. Fiction. Historical

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Ratings: 4.35 From 85 Users | 13 Reviews

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I met this author while out in Wilmington, NC and have a signed copy. Hearing the story behind it has intrigued me, so I want to read it when time allows. I'm not a history or war story buff, so it is hard to get started on it.

War. War is hell. Great, easy to read book. Really puts into perspective what a waste the Vietnam War was, and what horrors our soldiers had to endure.

Truth really is stranger than fiction. I met the author of this book when I was in college, and his stories gripped me. I didn't know much about Vietnam, having been born around the time of the end of the war, we never really made it quite that far in American History classes... but hearing his stories and reading this book were more than any lesson could have taught me and is the reason I chose to be a part of a veteran's organization.

This was written by my high school drama teacher. I liked it because it gave me insight into what he went through in Vietnam - and what a lot of guys went through.



Wow. Just WOW. A story that isn't necessarily true but is based on true stories that the author heard from real Vietnam Vets. Insane weapons you never heard of, REAL conspiracies, the craziness of war.

I read this in high school and couldnt understand it. Years later after losing my leg as an Infantryman in Iraq I read it again. It all made perfect, ludicrous, sense. McAfee vividly weaves a story that highlights how the moral quagmires, the calculus, and insanity of combat operations are perennial. I often share it with Warriors coming home to let them know that they are not alone in their suffering and that normal really is just a setting on a washing machine.