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Critical Essay by Raphael Sagalyn
Like all good war novels, Fields of Fire pulsates with the horror, comraderie and yes, the joy of men at war. Webb's driving narrative draws you right into the...
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Critical Essay by Gene Venable
Fields of Fire, is, on the whole, a successful, realistic, well-written portrayal of the Vietnam War.
Webb shows the war to be in a wasteland where men learn to live, di...
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Critical Essay by Josiah Bunting Iii
That A Sense of Honor is … successful as fiction owes little to the author's skill in developing "character"; the cast is familiar enou...
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Critical Essay by Carey Winfrey
In James Webb's taut second novel ["A Sense of Honor"],… he returns to terrain he has personally reconnoitered. A 1968 graduate of Annapolis...
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Critical Essay by Peter Braestrup
Unlike most first novels, [Fields of Fire] transcended the autobiographical; it was neither confession nor sermon; it had a plot; its characters grew and developed; i...
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Critical Essay by Raphael Sagalyn
