Well Done, Those Men: Memoirs of a Vietnam Veteran by Barry Heard

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Light creasing to dust jacket at top and tail. Interior and binding are excellent.

In this intensely personal account, Barry Heard draws on his experiences as a young conscript, along with his comrades, to look back at life before, during, and after the Vietnam War.

The result is a sympathetic vision of a group of young men sent off to war, completely unprepared for the emotional and psychological impact it would have on them. It is also a vivid and searingly honest portrayal of the author's post-war, slow-motion breakdown and how he dealt with it.

Well Done, Those Men attempts to explain what Vietnam did to the soldiers who fought there. It deals with the comic absurdity of their military training and the horror of the war they fought and is unforgettably moving in recounting what happened to Barry and his comrades when they returned home to Australia. As we now know, most Vietnam vets had to deal with a community that shunned them and their own depression, trauma, and guilt.

Barry Heard's sensitive account of his long journey home from Vietnam is a tribute to his mates and an inspiring story of a life reclaimed. (book flap)