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A review by michaelbtice
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
5.0
There is a direct line that can easily be drawn from Starship Troopers, through The Forever War, on to Old Man's War, seeing how changing society, and the views of people at those times, change our overall views of war and what it means to fight.
However, of the 3, I feel that this one is the most poignant. Having been written by a Viet Nam vet, who was obviously disillusioned with his place in the wise, and trying to find his place once again in society; we see the same sorts of problems playing out in William here.
This book, more than anything I've ever read, shows us the horrors of the military industrial complex, and being caught in a society that feeds on it and needs it to survive. A path that seems all to real for the USA in modern times.
Perhaps, as we are on the eve of the final drawdown of troops in Afghanistan after 20 years there, and seeing in stark relief the absurdity of war, that the is the reason I find this particular book so very relevant.
However, of the 3, I feel that this one is the most poignant. Having been written by a Viet Nam vet, who was obviously disillusioned with his place in the wise, and trying to find his place once again in society; we see the same sorts of problems playing out in William here.
This book, more than anything I've ever read, shows us the horrors of the military industrial complex, and being caught in a society that feeds on it and needs it to survive. A path that seems all to real for the USA in modern times.
Perhaps, as we are on the eve of the final drawdown of troops in Afghanistan after 20 years there, and seeing in stark relief the absurdity of war, that the is the reason I find this particular book so very relevant.