ABOUT THE BOOK

Published by HarperCollins just five years after the Vietnam War ended, Sergeant Back Again vividly dramatizes an unprecedented portrayal of the invisible wounding of the psyches of combat veterans fighting a losing battle for their own “hearts and minds.”

Today, Sergeant Back Again is considered one the very best, contemporary psychological war novels of all time and remains a significant literary work for readers interested in:

• Vietnam War history
• Combat-related PTSD
• Military medicine
• Psychological trauma
• Veteran experiences
• American military history
• Moral and ethical issues raised by the Vietnam War
• Social and political conflict erupting in civil disobedience (in the form of massive protests, draft card burning, anti-war clashes in the streets culminating with killing of three students by the Ohio National Guardsmen on the grounds of Kent State University in 1970)
• Combat-induced trauma- and stressor related disorders effects on civilian populations

Follow in the footsteps of corpsman Andy Collins from his forward field medical unit just below the DMZ as he struggles to keep the dead from dying and himself from his own psychological postmortem. Join the ranks of “the Walking Wounded” as this highly acclaimed American Cult Classic continues to educate readers, veterans, medical professionals, and historians decades after its original publication in 1980.