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{{Byline|last=Fulgham|first=Richard Lee|abstract=''Why Are We in Vietnam?'' is a novel that calls for reassessment four decades after its appearance, particularly as a work of satiric allegory.|url=https://prmlr.us/ | {{Byline|last=Fulgham|first=Richard Lee|abstract=''Why Are We in Vietnam?'' is a novel that calls for reassessment four decades after its appearance, particularly as a work of satiric allegory.|url=https://prmlr.us/mr02ful}} | ||
{{dc|dc=A|mong the imperceptive and raucous}} commentaries on Mailer’s novels, this remark by [[w:Anatole Broyard|Anatole Broyard]] stands out as refreshingly clear: “the rock he throws usually has a message tied to it.”{{sfn|Broyard|1967|p=4}} In the case of ''Why Are We in Vietnam?'', the rock has been given much more attention than the message because it hit us at the wrong time and in an extraordinarily sensitive spot. | {{dc|dc=A|mong the imperceptive and raucous}} commentaries on Mailer’s novels, this remark by [[w:Anatole Broyard|Anatole Broyard]] stands out as refreshingly clear: “the rock he throws usually has a message tied to it.”{{sfn|Broyard|1967|p=4}} In the case of ''Why Are We in Vietnam?'', the rock has been given much more attention than the message because it hit us at the wrong time and in an extraordinarily sensitive spot. | ||