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Title: Fields of Fire by Michael Shapiro ISBN: 0-9579528-6-4 Publisher: Metropolis Ink Pub. Date: April, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Brilliant Novel!
Comment: Paul Gebhart quits college in his sophmore year to volunteer for Vietnam. But he soon realizes 'I was an idiot. I had volunteered for the draft to prove my manhood to the guys in the neighborhood. It was a stupid thing to do, but I couldn't help it. I was raised on war movies; God, Glory and Victory at Sea.'

Based on his real-life experiences as an infantryman in Vietnam, Michael Shapiro has written an outstanding novel, conveying so accurately the particular experience of Americans fighting a futile war. Shapiro captures the sights, sounds, and ironies of the Vietnam War with force and humorous authenticity.

"Fields of Fire" is a great book from the first page to the last paragraph: 'Despite the loneliness, I felt satisfied. God had saved me to write about the men and times from that year's tour of duty. I had fulfilled my destiny, and in my heart I felt a quiet peace, like a balmy Vietnamese evening.'

This brilliant novel would be a terrific war movie!

Sincerely, Diana J. Dell, author, "A Saigon Party: And Other Vietnam War Short Stories"

Rating: 4
Summary: Keeping it real
Comment: Out of the numerous books I've read and movies I've seen about Vietnam, this is the only Vietnam story that I actually believed; that I felt captured what it was really like to be there. Michael Shapiro's story is not overly sensationalized, dramatized or distorted but accurately captures the feeling of the times and the experiences of the men in battle.

Rating: 4
Summary: Bought extra copies
Comment: "I liked Fields of Fire so much I bought two extra copies to give as gifts to my sister and to a friend. I didn't serve in Vietnam but Shapiro let me feel what it was like to be there during that time. I could almost smell the odors and feel the heat. I have a lot more respect for those guys who were in Nam than I did before reading Fields of Fire." -- Michael Ireland