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A hard hitting memoir about a naive kid who’s drafted to fight the vicious war in Vietnam, Selective Memories of Vietnam 1969-70 describes the author’s tour of duty during the TET Offensive. Summary Of The Book Selective Memories of Vietnam 1969-70 is a book that paints a vivid description of America’s preparation - or rather the lack of it - during the Vietnam war. The author, John Head, talks to readers about how he got drafted to fight a war in rather peculiar circumstances; it happened when he was right out of college. He narrates the real-life instance of how he was in a bar, when he was caught for underage drinking. He subsequently lost his student deferment and was drafted into the army. After an extremely sketchy training schedule, he was soon sent to Vietnam. The book is a strong critique of the way the Americans fought the war. The author laments about the lack of leadership and the marked absence of skill among the soldiers and officers. The book claims that there was a general sense of disgust in the army about the government’s Vietnam policy and very few of the recruits believed that they were actually fighting for a just cause. About Jack Head A Vietnam veteran, the author was a reluctant entrant to the war and remained unconvinced of the need to fight the battle, even after he returned back home. He spent 14 months in Vietnam and wrote the book 25 years after returning home.