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by Tim O'Brien

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Topic Tracking: Bravery

Topic Tracking: Effects of War

Topic Tracking: Truth

Chapter Summaries

Chapter 1, The Things They Carried

Chapter 2, Love

Chapter 3, Spin

Chapter 4, On the Rainy River

Chapter 5, Enemies

Chapter 6, Friends

Chapter 7, How to Tell a True War Story

Chapter 8, The Dentist

Chapter 9, Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong

Chapter 10, Stockings

Chapter 11, Church

Chapter 12, The Man I Killed

Chapter 13, Ambush

Chapter 14, Style

Chapter 15, Speaking of Courage

Chapter 16, Notes

Chapter 17, In the Field

Chapter 18, Good Form

Chapter 19, Field Trip

Chapter 20, The Ghost Soldiers

Chapter 21, Night Life

Chapter 22, The Lives of the Dead

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