If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home by Tim O'Brien

If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home

Tim O'Brien

225 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
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The author takes us with him to experience combat from behind an infantryman's rifle, to walk the minefields of My Lai, to crawl into the ghostly tunnels, and to explore the ambiguities of manhood and morality in a war gone terribly wrong. Beautif...

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Moods

dark 70%
informative 70%
reflective 66%
emotional 54%
sad 41%
tense 37%
challenging 25%
adventurous 8%
funny 4%
inspiring 4%

Pace

medium 52%
fast 30%
slow 17%

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