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Army Blue by K, Lucian; V, Truscott I is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Army Blue about?

From the bestselling author of Dress Gray . “Part-war story, part-family saga . . . zeroes in on the men of the Blue family, three generations of soldiers” ( The Washington Post ). In the eagerly anticipated follow-up to his first novel,  Dress Gray , Truscott turns his attention to the Vietnam War and delivers a suspenseful, sprawling court-martial drama set in Saigon in 1969. At twenty-three, platoon leader Lt. Matthew Nelson Blue is the youngest member of an army family; his father is a colonel and his grandfather a profane, cantankerous retired general. Shortly after one of his men is killed by friendly fire while on routine patrol, Blue is arrested and charged with desertion in the face of the enemy. Arriving in Vietnam, his father and grandfather end their long estrangement and join forces to clear the young soldier’s name. Truscott’s plot offers less than initially meets the eye; the nature of the conspiracy and cover-up that nearly destroy Blue is fairly easy to predict, as is the disillusionment about Vietnam that eventually befalls his seniors. The author’s intimate portrayal of the texture of army life gives his narrative a more deeply felt sense of anger and regret t

Who reads Army Blue?

It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
K, Lucian; V, Truscott I
Publisher
Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
Published
2014
Language
EN
ISBN
9781497663497
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction
Rating
4.5 / 5 (60 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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