Title: Seven in a Jeep
Author: Ed Gaydos
Publication: 2013
Genre: Memoir
Bio: Ed Gaydos was not a hero. Shipped off to Vietnam in 1970, he did not capture a single emeny soldier or single-handedly dismantle the Ho Chi Minh trail. He sat on a remote patch of sand behind barbed wire with a bunch of teenagers, dodging incoming mortars, battling insects and holding back an avalanche of paperwork.
This hilarious, intelligent memoir of the regular soldiers of the Vietnam War will leave readers of all types hungry for the next story. With an unflinching eye for detail that spares no one, even himself, Ed Gaydos reveals his personal struggles to make sense of the war. He somehow manages to exit laughing in Seven in a Jeep.
Review: I know nothing about wars or how they are fought, yet this book managed to break things down into terms that the everyday person would know and be able to understand. This story covers every aspect the war, including the nitty gritty's of the whole thing. Gaydos shows the facts and how things really were, but everything is interesting and engaging.
Rating: Middle of the stack
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