From his time working as a prosecutor in a military court of law to his disarming of a fellow marine holding South Vietnamese Rangers at gunpoint, this well-written memoir recounts McAdams's Vietnam experiences. Along the way he describes the battles and narrow scrapes experienced by his truck convoy. The volume closes with a brief account of his homecoming that only foreshadows some of the difficulties he will face in readjusting to life back in the United States. McAdams currently teaches cinema studies at the University of Southern California. A four page glossary appears at the front of the book, with unexpected definitions for terms such as "rock and roll" and "rubber lady." Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)