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...Goldman and Fuller first told Charlie Company's saga in an excellent 1981 Newsweek cover story, the longest in the weekly's history. There, they explored the men a harrowing exploits in Vietnam in 1968 and 1969 and their subsequent cold homecoming. Charlie Company the book is an expansion of that effort Eleven more members of the original company of 120 have resurfaced. And the authors have added previously unpublished material from their original interviews...
...Vietnam accounts--a critical and usually overlooked sense of moral ambiguity about the war effort. It is no easy task to avoid automatically sermonizing about Vietnam's rights and wrongs, especially in an era where so much political discussion tends toward excessive moralizing--just consider the nuclear debate. But Goldman and Fuller eschew an easy judgment either way, whether it be outrage or the wrong-headed "noble cause" nostalgia that a sympathetic warrior's tale could fall prey...
Instead they present the "Nam straightforwardly, flatly, through Charlie Company's eyes. The writing is intentionally crude, almost comically earnest. Goldman and Fuller actually want to make us feel like khaki-clad grunts, humping through the jungle in search of gooks...
...Goldman added that the awards are unique because they "allow students to study what they want whatever they want." Fourteen similar grants given to social science students by the Center for International Affairs require the recipients to study outside the country, according to officials at the Center...
Applicants, who need not be able to speak Russian, must submit a statement by May 1 describing how they would use the grant money. Goldman said that originality and feasibility will be the strongest criteria in selecting the winning proposals...