So, what are you reading now?

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Originally Posted by icenine

Speaking of the military, Jim Webb...the ex-senator from Virgina, wrote some kick ass novels about his experiences in the Naval Academy and US Marines during the Vietnam War era. Webb's Fields of Fire is probably the best novel about Vietnam, along with Greene's The Quiet American.

Fields of Fire was indeed a very good read. As a politician, I liked him along with most of the other nationally known moderates from Virginia (e.g., John Warner). The hard Right in Virginia is about as screwy as any in the nation, however.