Friendly Casualties Stories from Nam Book 1 edition by Tom Glenn Literature Fiction eBooks
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Friendly Casualties, a novel in stories, is centered on the Têt Offensive of 1968. It tells the stories of casualties, Vietnamese and American, of the Vietnam war. At the core is the destruction of the McIntyre family—the colonel, his wife, and their two sons. In the first part, “Triage,” set between February, 1967 and April, 1976, one soldier murders another, an old Vietnamese woman gives up her chances of survival to save an American child, a woman marries the wrong man, a lieutenant sacrifices his life for questionable motives, a reporter helps soldiers build their club, and a military family disintegrates. Casualties are GIs (the killer Kerney, angelic Griffin, the black alcoholic Diver, the aspiring journalist Sam), officers (the retired cancer-ridden Colonel McIntyre; his elder son, Jamey, the army doctor whose wife kills herself; Earl’s younger son, Chris, who cannot live up to his father’s expectations), Vietnamese (the old amah Yen, the prostitute Xuan, and the shadowy Doctor Xuyen), and American civilians (the alienated journalist, Larry; the ugly-duckling Sissy; the flirt Roxie; and Betsy, Earl’s estranged wife).
In part two, “Healing,” the threads of the disparate lives are brought together through the story of Maggie, an intelligence analyst at the Embassy in Saigon who violates security to save her lover. At the end, Maggie agrees to have lunch with a one-armed soldier because “we have to begin somewhere” to learn all over again how to live.
The novel is written as a series of interlinked stories and a novella reminiscent of J. D. Salinger, Louise Erdrich, and Thorton Wilder. It explores the clash between people struggling for salvation and the relentless force of a bloody war. Some are destroyed; others find a way, however imperfect, to go on living. All are friendly casualties.
Friendly Casualties Stories from Nam Book 1 edition by Tom Glenn Literature Fiction eBooks
Tom Glenn's collection of stories, Friendly Casualties, is a real keeper. It's about what the Vietnam war does to people--not just to the soldiers who fight it, but also those who are linked to them by love or blood or friendship, or sometimes even hate.Time after time, Glenn's descriptions cut straight to the bone of a character--his sketches are minimalist but at the same time vivid and sharp. After two or three sentences, you know this man, this woman--and whether you'd have a drink with them or cross the street rather than say hello. Then Glenn shows you what war does to them. His descriptions of close combat or lovemaking or the tenderness of a Vietnamese nanny for a young American boy are spot on. Some characters tie themselves to causes that ultimately cost them a piece of their humanity. Others, facing the loss of a lover or friend, make life choices that turn out, in hindsight, to be disastrous. Friendly casualties indeed.
Just when you think Glenn's shown you all his writer's skills--and they're considerable--you'll get to part two, Healing, and begin to see his overarching design. Yes, it's a collection of short stories, but they're linked in such a way that the subtitle, "a novel in stories," pays its passage in full. Friendly Casualties should be a movie--a big epic of a film about the disintegration of a family because its members can't untangle the knot of conflicting values they carry around inside.
There's plenty of combat in Friendly Casualties, but Glenn's seen enough of it himself to know that sometimes the shooting is the least that war puts people through.
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Friendly Casualties Stories from Nam Book 1 edition by Tom Glenn Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
This is a powerful read. Gripping perspectives on war, life, death, and what humans are at their best and worst. The author has clearly lived what he shows us. Very intense!
Exciting, suspenseful, heart wrenching and thought provoking. Tom Glenn makes us face the question "How much deception and extremism should we tolerate in the defense of liberty?" I think most of us have concluded Viet Nam was wrong; we should move cautiously lest we make similar errors in the Middle East. Rick,Thiep, Thiep's family and Maggie are all Friendly Casualties. Lottie is a casualty of misplaced values and a system that rewards loyalty over decency. This book is a must read.
An eclectic collection of short stories revolving around the Vietnam War experience. Not interlaced but faceted. With each facet reflecting poignant insights from different vantage points. From the grunt in the field, engaged in combat, to the wife, relative or girlfriend at home. With insights of Vietnamese natives and other than U.S. residents. The read is to the point and factual although a novel. Love, hate, sentiment,intrigue, deceit, deception, horror, suspense, combat, murder, treachery, espionage abound as the author takes you into the catacombs of the National Security Agency MACV Operations Center at Tan Son Nhut Air Force Base in Saigon. Guiding you through dark hallways into forbidden rooms with Top Secret file cabinets. Unlocking the files and revealing covert operations in the highlands of South Vietnam. A gripping thriller to the last.
Written by a National Security Agency civilian employed as a clandestine operative during the Vietnam War. Tom Glenn has more time "in country" than any U.S. military personnel, virtually the duration, and his writing reveals this. He obviously poured his heart and soul into this work.
Recommend you get your copy and read it today!
-=Glenn K. Fannin Jr.=-
I want to say up front there is a bias in my review- The author, Dr. Glenn, is my father in law. That being said, his actual experiences in Vietnam and his being present at the fall of Saigon have given him a unique perspective of the war. For learning of his experiences, I have the utmost respect for this man and his observations.
This book observes the changes and the pain that war causes, whether directly or indirectly, physically, morally and spiritually, to those who fought the war in Southeast Asia and those who fought it at home. It's a timeless observation. You can see the same things happening now.
Dr. Glenn currently gives presentations about the fall of Saigon and his personal experiences. If you have the opportunity to attend, please do. It is a great and touching piece of history that must be told. I look forward to reading more of his past short stories and I am particularly anxious to read his next book.
Tom Glenn's collection of stories, Friendly Casualties, is a real keeper. It's about what the Vietnam war does to people--not just to the soldiers who fight it, but also those who are linked to them by love or blood or friendship, or sometimes even hate.
Time after time, Glenn's descriptions cut straight to the bone of a character--his sketches are minimalist but at the same time vivid and sharp. After two or three sentences, you know this man, this woman--and whether you'd have a drink with them or cross the street rather than say hello. Then Glenn shows you what war does to them. His descriptions of close combat or lovemaking or the tenderness of a Vietnamese nanny for a young American boy are spot on. Some characters tie themselves to causes that ultimately cost them a piece of their humanity. Others, facing the loss of a lover or friend, make life choices that turn out, in hindsight, to be disastrous. Friendly casualties indeed.
Just when you think Glenn's shown you all his writer's skills--and they're considerable--you'll get to part two, Healing, and begin to see his overarching design. Yes, it's a collection of short stories, but they're linked in such a way that the subtitle, "a novel in stories," pays its passage in full. Friendly Casualties should be a movie--a big epic of a film about the disintegration of a family because its members can't untangle the knot of conflicting values they carry around inside.
There's plenty of combat in Friendly Casualties, but Glenn's seen enough of it himself to know that sometimes the shooting is the least that war puts people through.
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