Fields of Fire (novel)

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Fields of Fire

First edition
Author	James Webb
Country	United States
Language	English
Subject	Vietnam War, United States Marine Corps
Genre	Historical fiction
Publisher	Prentice Hall
Publication date	1978
Media type	Paperback
Pages	496 pages
ISBN	0-553-58385-9
OCLC	47918691
LC Class	CPB Box no. 1963 vol. 23

Fields of Fire is a novel by U.S. Senator Jim Webb, first published in 1978. It follows the lives of several Marines serving in the Vietnam War.

Content[]

The novel is told mainly from the viewpoints of three Marines: 2nd Lt Robert E. Lee Hodges, who comes from a long line of soldiers; "Snake" (no full name given), a squad leader in Hodges' platoon, a tough kid from the streets; and "Senator" (Will Goodrich), an impressionable and sensitive Harvard student who volunteers for service. The major themes are centered on loyalty, leadership, and the brutalizing effects on people in a time of war. Written only three years after the last American troops withdrew from Vietnam, and despite being written by a man who loved the military and hated the antiwar movement, Fields of Fire points out the flawed logic of the Vietnam War through its hero, Lieutenant Hodges.^[1]

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A New York Times review of the novel in 1988 quotes Webb as describing Fields of Fire as "the first revisionist book" about the Vietnam War.^[1][]

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