How to Tell a True War Story | Critical Overview
The Things They Carried, the collection in which ‘‘How to Tell A True War Story’’ appears, received rave reviews from critics and readers alike when it appeared in 1990. Many of the stories in the collection, including ‘‘How To Tell A True War Story,’’ had previously won awards following publication in periodicals such as Esquire, Ploughshares, and Atlantic Monthly. Indeed, critics such as Robert R. Harris, writing in the New York Times Book Review, called the volume a must-read for anyone interested in the Vietnam War.
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