num_pages: 477
description: An extraordinary first novel, hailed as one of the great, authentic novels of the Vietnam War, from the bestselling author of Forrest Gump. 1966: Billy Kahn finds himself Executive Officer of Bravo Company, responsible for leading over 100 young men into combat--and drawn into an impassable moral quagmire that could mean his downfall . . . or his redemption. Reissue.
language: English
title: Better Times Than These
titlecomplete: Better Times Than These
genres: Fiction, War, Military Fiction, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 375
publisher: Berkley Books/The Berkley Publishing Group