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The Phantom Blooper: A Novel of Vietnam by Gustav Hasford (1990)

The "Sequel" novel to Full Metal Jacket. Originally published in 1990. Written by Gustav Hasford, the author of the novel, ' The Short Timers ' , the source of the screenplay adaptation for the Stanley Kubrick film, Full Metal Jacket. However, Hasford was not pleased with the final result of the film and thought that the movie was ultimately "too fair" to the US Marine side of the conflict. As a marine himself, Hasford was deployed to Vietnam in 1967, serving as a war journalist and combat correspondent for the USMC. His experiences with the war was the source of his very negative opinion of the war, but also of the USMC and wider US Military. Many years after the film's release, Hasford's response to his displeasure was the publishing of this novel, The Phantom Blooper, which is split into 3 major parts or acts. "The story begins a short time after the events of The Short Timers. The main character, James "Joker" Davis, who upon being demoted to Private becomes obsessed with stories of the so-called 'Phantom Blooper' a rumored American defector that is fighting alongside the Viet Cong against his former countrymen. Joker blames the deaths of his squad members and other recent deat

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