{"product_id":"9781612517940","title":"A Common Virtue: A Novel","description":"Becoming a man is difficult . . . even in the best of circumstances, but when it must be done in 1968 and with the Year of the Monkey set to explode onto the cities and battlefields of a war-torn nation, it is only the very best who make the grade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Common Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e has the immediacy and punch of today’s fears as it draws on yesterday’s headlines. When the armies of Ho Chi Mihn push across the demilitarized zone on a scale never thought possible and simultaneously strike at hundreds of targets, American Marines are at the forefront – dependent on information from a special reconnaissance force that is the only thing that can stop Hanoi from using a New Year’s opportunity to seize the country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of Paul Jackson, Sole survivor of a hillside massacre, Marine Corps sniper and reconnaissance innovator, and his epic march through the annals of the horrific bureaucracy that is the United States military in 1968. An eighteen-year-old Marine learns, at an early age, what he must do to survive; what he must do to excel; and what must be done to fit into the most exclusive fraternity in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Common Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e is about the other half of heroism, the part that pits a warrior against an American public that despises his uniform, against internal factions that brand him a “coward,” and against a beautiful woman who wants nothing more than for him to stay home and love her. It is about growing into manhood in a toxic America and a world gone mad. Tough choices, painful experiences, and an instinct for survival work to create a leader of legend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExciting, historical, and far reaching, \u003ci\u003eA Common Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e is an ambitious and explosive creation; one that could only have been written by one who was there.","brand":"Naval Institute Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158621208816,"sku":"9781612517940","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612517940_p0.jpg?v=1763846586","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612517940","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}