The Homecoming [Mass Market Paperback]

Bob Greene (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Ballantine Books (February 13, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345364082
• ISBN-13: 978-0345364081
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,948,924 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Letter From people who was soliders, October 22, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Homecoming (Mass Market Paperback)

Actualy, I read this book which was translated in Japanese ( I am Japanese). I couldn't read it without weep. When Soliders return from Vetnam, they felt disillusion because they believed that they fight for thier country. However, there were many terrible things for them.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars contributors share real experiences, April 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Homecoming (Mass Market Paperback)

this book will help the mainstream american understand the many different and complex experiences and reactions of those who returned from vietnam, as well as the feelings and reactions of their relatives and friends, and can also serve as a reference .

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Book, March 25, 2009

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C. Collins (Pleasant Hill, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Homecoming (Mass Market Paperback)

There is a current effort by activist revisionist "historian" Jerry Lembcke to debunk the stories of Vietnam vets being spat on when they returned to the US. This is part of the larger attempt by the now elderly people of his generation to whitewash the dark side of the 60's overall. In an attempt to find ways to absolve themselves of the guilt they feel for much of the evil they participated in during those times, many are now resorting to distortions of the truth to reach some kind of peace with their actions. Unfortunately, these distortions are often cloaked in academic garb.

Bob Greene's Homecoming stands as a complete refutation of those distortions. Since Greene lets the soldiers speak for themselves, the true experiences and raw emotions of those times shine through.

Yes, soldiers were spat upon--and worse. Some were also treated well. The section entitled, "There are Some Things Worse Than Being Spat Upon" will break your heart.

As history, Homecoming is a must read for every high school student in America (and for all those under the age of fifty). It should also be read by those aging boomers awash in nostalgia for the summer of love.