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Item	:	Desertion In The Time Of Vietnam: A Memoir [Paperback]
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Author	Author	:	Jack Todd
ISBN-10	ISBN-10	:	0803239815
ISBN-13	ISBN-13	:	9780803239814
Publisher	Publisher	:	University of Nebraska Press
Pages	Pages	:	312
Binding	Binding	:	Paperback
Item ID	:	100062350

In 1969 Jack Todd was twenty-three and happy beyond his dreams. He had left behind a hardscrabble youth in a small Nebraska town, had an exciting job as a reporter for the Miami Herald, and was in love with his beautiful Cuban American girlfriend. As the war in Vietnam drew closer, he assumed that he would fight, as the men in his family had always fought, though he was increasingly troubled by Americas role there. His oldest friend, who had just returned from Vietnam, pleaded with Jack to dodge the draft and go to Canada, but Jack entered the army. He had almost completed basic training when, on Christmas leave, he made an agonizing decision. By now deeply opposed to the war, he crossed the border into Canada, leaving behind his family, the girl he loved, and his homeland.

Now one of Canadas most successful journalists, Jack Todd is a remarkable writer of great power and vibrancy. It has taken him thirty years to come to terms with the guilt and shame of desertion, to break the silence, and to tell this controversial, moving, and profoundly American story. The result is an eloquent account of a tortured time in our nations history told with searing honesty, passion, and literary verve.

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