Ward Just Criticism

Ward Just is an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist whose works draw heavily from his experiences in Washington, D.C., and Vietnam. His nonfiction work, To What End: Report from Vietnam, provides a nuanced and compassionate account of the Vietnam War, delivering vivid descriptions and a skeptical yet emotional perspective, as noted by critics such as John Sack and Saul Maloff. His subsequent book, Military Men, is a precise study of the American army, appreciated for its empathetic portrayal of military life, as discussed by Paul Denison and the Virginia Quarterly Review.

Contents

  • Just, Ward
  • Vietnam without a Soapbox
  • The Absurd War
  • Robert E. Nordberg
  • A Tourist in Greeneland
  • The Army—and How to Survive It
  • Military Men
  • Nicholson at Large
  • A Reporter's Exorcism
  • The Familiar Virtues of an Old-Fashioned Novel
  • A Family Trust
  • People in Stress
  • Media-tion
  • In the City of Fear
  • Washington's Drawing-Room War
  • The Home Front