The American experience in Vietnam has produced a wide range of
literary responses, each involving a particular approach both to the literary
phenomenon and the war itself. James Webb’s revisionist interpretation
of the conflict drastically departs from the tone of critical
condemnation to the North American intervention generally adopted
by historiography. This paper analysis the relationship between fact and
fiction in the three novels by Webb: Fields of Fire, A Sense of Honor
and A Country Such as This. It also aims to view the main characteristics
of the author’s reconstruction of this episode in the United States’
history as encompassed by the literary text.
