Although his career continued for almost three decades after the 1939 publication of The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck is still most closely associated with his Depressionera works of social struggle. But from Pearl Harbor on, he often wrote passionate accounts of Americas wars based on his own firsthand experience. Vietnam was no exception.Thomas E. BardensSteinbeck in Vietnamoffers for the first time a complete collection of the dispatches Steinbeck wrote as a war correspondent forNewsday.Rejected by the military because of his reputation as a subversive, and reticent to document the war officially for the Johnson administration, Steinbeck saw inNewsdaya unique opportunity to put his skills to use. Between December 1966 and May 1967, the sixtyfouryearold Steinbeck toured the major combat areas of South Vietnam and traveled to the north of Thailand and into Laos, documenting his experiences in a series of columns titled Letters to Alicia, in reference toNewsdaypublisher Harry F. Guggenheims deceased wife. His columns were controversial, coming at a time when opposition to the conflict was growing and even ardent supporters were beginning to question its course. As he dared to go into the field, rode in helicopter gunships, and even fired artillery pieces, many detractors called him a warmonger and worse. Readers today might be surprised that the celebrated author would risk his literary reputation to document such a divisive war, particularly at the end of his...

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