If I Die In A Combat Zone
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In Tim OÆBrienÆs If I Die In A Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Ship Me Home, the Vietnam veteran explores socially constructed concepts of virtue, honor, courage and blind conscription to duty in contrast to following oneÆs own moral code of rightness. Using the definitions of courage and maleness that were established by the ôold order,ö OÆBrien (p. 192) writes, could blind one into being stupid during combat. Having explored the horrors and ignoble suffering of combat, OÆBrien (p. 142) contends that concepts of bravery or courage often associated with combat and the military male ôhero,ö may equate to something truly brave or courageous but they may also be nothing more than a ôcrudely idealizedö concept of masculinity.
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