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Don't Mean Nothing: Short Stories of Vietnam
Susan O'Neill
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Description for Don't Mean Nothing: Short Stories of Vietnam
Paperback. The Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of an Army nurse. In this powerful story collection - the first such work of fiction by a woman who served in Vietnam - Susan O'Neill offers a remarkable view of the war from a female perspective. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 336.
The Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of an Army nurse; In this powerful story collection - the first such work of fiction by a woman who served in Vietnam - Susan O'Neill offers a remarkable view of the war from a female perspective. All the nurses who served there had a common bond: to attend to the wounded. While men were sent to protect America's interests at any cost, nurses were trained to save the lives of anyone - soldier or citizen, ally or enemy - who was brought through the hospital doors. It was an important distinction ... Read more
The Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of an Army nurse; In this powerful story collection - the first such work of fiction by a woman who served in Vietnam - Susan O'Neill offers a remarkable view of the war from a female perspective. All the nurses who served there had a common bond: to attend to the wounded. While men were sent to protect America's interests at any cost, nurses were trained to save the lives of anyone - soldier or citizen, ally or enemy - who was brought through the hospital doors. It was an important distinction ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558494428
SKU
V9781558494428
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About Susan O'Neill
Susan O'Neill served as an Army nurse in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970. Don't Mean Nothing is her first book, written nearly thirty years after the experiences it depicts.
Reviews for Don't Mean Nothing: Short Stories of Vietnam
With remarkable restraint and uncommon poignancy, O'Neill... delivers assertions of humanity from the depths of a barbarous war. - Boston Magazine; ""Offers startling glimpses of absurdity and transcendence at three Vietnam field hospitals where, against a background of blood and testosterone, young female officers and nurses are made simultaneously into saviors, survivors, and sex objects.... as entertaining as it is ... Read more