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456 pages
First published January 1, 1989
鈥溾€� in order to experience the horror you have to remember it and get used to it. Within two or three weeks there鈥檚 nothing left of the old you except your name. You鈥檝e become someone else鈥� It鈥檚 a total transformation, it happens very quickly, and to practically everyone鈥� everyone鈥檚 damaged in some way, no one escapes intact.鈥�
鈥溾€� of all the comparisons between the American GIs who fought in Vietnam and the young Soviets who fought in Afghanistan, perhaps the most remarkable and consistent is their bitterness towards their governments. Both groups of men feel profoundly betrayed, and it is having been lied to that most sticks in the craw.鈥�