As I sit on a flight from Ft. Myers to Indianapolis listening to “The Space Between” by DMB, I decided I would start typing some of my thoughts regarding the book on Pages, (since I cannot access the internet.) After studing the Vietnam war in APUSH just a couple of months ago, the words on the pages of this book kind of bring a sense of reality to what was printed in my text book. Yeah we studied the Gulf of Tonkin Resolutions, Ho Chi Minh, the Viet Cong, but most importantly how unpopular the war was at home. To me, in the first few pages of the book, I think O’Brien did an exceptional job of conveying the harsh reality of the war that forced those at home on American soil to question not only why we were fighting this war but also the credibility of those “men in pinstripes” (p 38).
Agreed! I love that we're finished with APUSH now, but I understand so much more in novels and literature now because I have knowledge of the time periods.
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