The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford. Bantam Books, 1983. Fourth Paperback Printing. First edition to mention the Full Metal Jacket movie on the cover. Paperback. Near fine condition in a protective sleeve. Only noticeable flaw is a slight crease on the back cover, as pictured. Interior pages clean and unmarked. 180 pages.
“The Short-Timers is a 1979 semi-autobiographical novel by U.S. Marine Corps veteran Gustav Hasford, about his experience in the Vietnam War. Hasford served as a combat correspondent with the 1st Marine Division during the Tet Offensive of 1968. As a military journalist, he wrote stories for Leatherneck Magazine, Pacific Stars and Stripes, and Sea Tiger. The novel was adapted into the film Full Metal Jacket (1987) by Hasford, Michael Herr, and Stanley Kubrick. In 1990, Hasford published the sequel The Phantom Blooper: A Novel of Vietnam. The two books were supposed to be part of a “Vietnam Trilogy”, but Hasford died before writing the third installment.”
