Involuntary Tour is the author's first novel in print, but it is
not a new novel, having sustained a 45-year gestation. "The End"
was written to the story in autumn, 2007, in Salzburg, Austria,
while the author and his wife were traveling in Europe. Because of
the extensive manuscript, another two years was spent in
restructuring the story into three books rather than one, and the
necessary changes and additions to smooth the transition. The book
began with the author keeping a journal, notes, photos, and
memorabilia in 1964 during his first Viet Nam "tour." That
memorialization continued through a year in Russian language school
in California, three years' duty in several locations in Germany,
followed by his second tour in Viet Nam. This novel, Book I of The
ASA Trilogy--three linked, contiguous novels--is set in the
times/places of the author's first Viet Nam assignment, and forward
through mid-1968. The full trilogy, however, with the addition of
back story and inserted vignettes, covers a period from the late
1940s through the autumn of 1969. The full story (the trilogy)
employs two protagonists in the guises of a career Army warrant
officer and a career Army sergeant, long-time friends and
co-serving soldiers in a number of venues. More than a "war" story,
though that also. Told basically in third person, with significant
first person voice utilized by the sergeant, a disaffected academic
with an ironic bent. The book captures the work, the play, the
difficulties and the zany, improbable behavior--on and off duty--of
Army Security Agency intelligence soldiers. Settings are: US
locations, Germany, Italy, Eritrea (Ethiopia), Thailand, Hong Kong,
and most significantly, Viet Nam. The size of the cast of
characters puts War and Peace to shame (an expected fact of life
for career military who experience many transfers).
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