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Well Done, Those Men: Memoirs of a Vietnam Veteran
by
Barry Heard
In an intensely personal account, this chronicle draws on a young conscript and his comrades
Paperback, 336 pages
Published
September 1st 2007
by Scribe Publications Pty Ltd.
(first published September 28th 2005)
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Barry Heard tells his own story about being a conscript in the Vietnam War. In doing so, and without intending to be a spokesman, he powerfully sketches the experiences of so many Vietnam veterans whose return to civilian life was plagued by the ghosts of bloody, indeed pointless combat. Written as a catharsis in the wake of being diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Heard makes the unspeakable speakable as he recounts and reflects upon his tour of duty and the years of malaise that ...more
As a Vietnam veteran, this book gave expression to a lot of the confusion and pain that was kind of swirling away right down inside. In some ways it really focussed my attention, not only on what was happening to me but what was happeneing to other vets I had seen in hospitals over a period of many years, coping with the same problems. It shook me into realising that in a very real sense I was beyond the help of those who were trying to helpme and often the places I ended up in just helped cemen...more
An important memoir of an Australian's experience in Vietnam. It felt truthful. The early part of the book covers induction into the army, the breaking down of individuality to create a unit. I wonder whether they can still treat people like that in the Australian army these days?
The guilt of survivors of conflicts when others were killed in expressed very clearly, and the breakdown and process of recovery from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is well expressed.
The guilt of survivors of conflicts when others were killed in expressed very clearly, and the breakdown and process of recovery from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is well expressed.
Should be read by all students, & all those people who remember the Vietnam war. A must read.
Fantastic book
Absolutely stunning book. Best read in a long time. Should be stocked in every Australian library.
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vietnam-war
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