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Hacford (Author responsible for the book that the movie Full Metal Jacket was based on). One of the most widely known is Tim O'Brien. O'Brien had an active role in both the anti-war movement and the literary revolution. During this period he also wrote fiction as well as nonfiction pieces. "His contribution to the literature of the war has been exceptional" (Bruce Franklin internet). It started in the beginning with the book If I Die in a Combat Zone (1973), an autobiographical look at the lives of soldiers in the war. Present throughout all of his work is a strong focus on the government's denial of the war. This denial has been the base of many of O'Brien's work. One of the most intense chapters in If I Die... is called "Escape." It shows how the author knows that if he kills anybody he will be compromising his own soul and beliefs. The only reason he participated in the war was because he was a coward. "I am afraid of running away ...I fear what might be thought of me by those I love...I fear the loss of my own reputation...I fear being thought of as a coward. I fear that even more than cowardice itself" (O'Brien in Going After Cacciato). Casting himself as the character John Wade, he has strong recollections of the war he was so against.

Vietnam - one of the most violent and extensive wars in American history. It was also one of the most influential. It has spawned over thirty years of songs, books, movies, and poems. Literature about scandal, death, peace, and love from a p

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