The Madness of it All: Essays on War, Literature and American Life - Softcover

"As a poet and editor, Bill Ehrhart is clearly one of the major figures in Vietnam War literature"--John Newman, curator of the Vietnam War Literature Collection at Colorado State University; "one of the great poets and writers of nonfiction produced by the Vietnam War"--The Nation; "delightful...fascinating...a first-rate book...highly recommended"--Library Journal; "a smorgasbord of interesting subjects characterized by good writing is found"--Catholic Library World; "one of the most fascinating writers in America"--Intervention Magazine; "contains 43 essays on a variety of topics, including the Vietnam War"--The VVA Veteran.

W. D. Ehrhart, called ""one of the great poets and writers of nonfiction produced by the Vietnam War"" by The Nation, here presents 42 essays, whose topics include not only the Gulf, Vietnam, and Korean wars, the conflict between Israel and Palestine, war and journalism, and American war poetry, but also junk mail, the Internet, the IRS, tugboats, drawbridges, race relations, the justice system, health care, small town life in America, nicotine addiction, the bravado of youth, honesty and American culture, the rhetoric of national mythology, and presidential isolation, among others.