{"product_id":"9781587291616","title":"Unfriendly Fire: A Mother's Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1968 Michael Mullen, a graduate student in biochemistry, was  drafted; in 1969 he was sent to Vietnam as a foot soldier in Colonel  Norman Schwarzkopf's Charlie Company; and in 1970 he was killed by the  same “friendly fire” that destroyed thousands of other lives during the  Vietnam War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack home on the family farm in Iowa, his parents made his  death a crusade to awaken all parents to the insanity of war. C. D. B.  Bryan's \u003ci\u003eFriendly Fire\u003c\/i\u003e and the TV movie of the same name  documented these dramatic years, and Peg Mullen became a national symbol  of grassroots activism. Now Peg Mullen shifts from symbol to reality as  she tells her story in print for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOutspoken, fearless, and wickedly humorous, Peg Mullen had a  duel mission in the years after Michael's death: to penetrate the lies  and evasions behind the artillery misfire that killed her oldest son and  to publicize the senseless horror of the Vietnam War. \u003ci\u003eUnfriendly Fire\u003c\/i\u003e  draws on the many letters sent to the Mullens after Michael's death; in  addition, Michael's own bitter, weary letters home are reprinted. In  these the voices of parents, brothers, sisters, comrades, teachers, and  Michael himself echo Peg Mullen's call for truth and peace.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Iowa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133121937648,"sku":"9781587291616","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781587291616_p0.jpg?v=1763803686","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781587291616","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}