In that book, (*) Rat Kiley shoots himself in the foot and Kiowa drowns in a sewage field, while in the title story, Ted Lavender dies despite the efforts of Lt.
This conflict is the setting of a recently-released book about Waino Mellas, Karl Malantes's debut novel Matterhorn. In another novel set during this conflict, Father Malignan is assassinated by Dietrich Fest; that novel centers on the exploits of the retired Francis X. Sands. This conflict, the setting of Denis Johnson's Tree of Smoke, is also the setting of a book which depicts the relationship between Lee Strunk and Dave Jensen in the sections "Enemies" and "Friends". In that book, (*) Rat Kiley shoots himself in the foot and Kiowa drowns in a sewage field, while in the title story, Ted Lavender dies despite the efforts of Lt. Jimmy Cross. For 10 points, identify this war, the setting of most of Tim O'Brien's works, including The Things They Carried.
This conflict is the setting of a recently-released book about Waino Mellas, Karl Malantes's debut novel Matterhorn.
the Vietnam War