To generalize about war is like generalizing about peace. Almost everything is true. Almost nothing is true. - Tim O'Brien
" "To generalize about war is like generalizing about peace. Almost everything is true. Almost nothing is true.
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About Tim O'Brien
Tim O'Brien (born October 1, 1946) is an American novelist who mainly writes about his experiences in the Vietnam War and the impact that the war had on the American soldiers who fought there.
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William Timothy "Tim" O'Brien
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For example, we've all heard this one. Four guys go down a trail. A grenade sails out. One guy jumps on it and takes the blast and saves his three buddies. Is it true? The answer matters. You'd feel cheated if it never happened. Without the grounding of reality, it's just a trite bit of puffery, pure Hollywood, untrue in the way all such stories are untrue
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