Boy in a Slouch Hat

For the Vietnam police action, the way the world was seen, shaped and understood was irretrievably changed by war. In his humorous and moving memoir, Ted George gives voice to the experience that changed the course of his life - and the lives of so many men - forever. The army had developed the character we came to recognise in each other. It was not the same as it had been before, and it never would be again.