1968
1968 deals with Vietnam on both fronts: Spider is a confused young man who likes to disappear into his science fiction novels. He is drafted into search-and-destroy missions in the jungles of Southeast Asia, becoming an unwilling witness who barely manages to stay alive through some of the most vicious fighting of the war. Beverly is "the girl he left behind." Innocent, yet open to new experiences, she drifts into the bizarre counterculture that has split America into two warring camps.

When Spider comes home, driven to the edge of insanity by the horrors he has seen, he is beaten down by the psychomedical establishment and is lost to family and friends who are unsure how they should receive their returning warriors. Beverly is in another world, thousands of miles away, herself beaten by the police during the Chicago Democratic Convention. Both Spider and Beverly have to find a separate peace in a world gone mad.
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975, Fiction, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Fiction, science fiction, general, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, fiction
Joe Haldeman
Joe William Haldeman (born June 9, 1943) is an American science fiction author. He is best known for his novel The Forever War (1974). That novel and other works, including The Hemingway Hoax (1991) and Forever Peace (1997), have won science fiction awards, including the Hugo Award and Nebula Award. He was awarded the SFWA Grand Master for career achievements. In 2012 he was inducted as a member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. Many of Haldeman's works, including his debut novel War Year and his second novel The Forever War, were inspired by his experiences in the Vietnam War. Wounded in combat, he struggled to adjust to civilian life after returning home. From 1983–2014, he was a professor teaching writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).