This is an excellent novel. It's plot is admirably simple: the story of two soldiers in Vietnam who, in spite of everything, become fast friends. It is touching, vivid and ultimately heartbreaking. This is one of the best Vietnam novels ever written and deserves to be read and republished.

I HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone wishing to learn more about how the body fights diseases, infections and other foreign matters that find thier way into our systems. Glasser paints an incredibly vivid mental image of lymphocytes, antigens, macrophages, white cells, etc. using layman's terms and with excellent practical examples. Medicines don't cure our bodies - our bodies cure themselves. The Body is the Hero is a brilliant explanation of how the body does it. I am going to recommend this book to everyone I know.

For the person who wants a true understanding of what the Vietnam War was like for medics, doctors, and the casualities they saw during the Vietnam War, this book is extremely accurate. From my first hand experience, this is the most descriptive book I have ever read on the subject. It is obvious that Dr. Glasser wrote this with true feelings and a painfully accurate memory. Everyone should read this book for an understanding of what war is really about.

It's the old men who make wars happen, and cause us younger ones to go to far-off shores to give our lives in the name of ....whatever buzzword they've dreamed up to get the American Public beating the war drums. It wouldn't do the politicos any good to read it,....but, BY GOD, the American Public should...especially those interested in raising a right hand and enlisting. During the war in VietNam, I was a medical service specialist attached to a CONUS 350-bed medical center's Intensive Care Unit and Neuro/Neuro-Surgical Unit taking care of the soldiers, Marines, sailors and airmen who'd fallen. From that perspective, Doc Glassen tells it like it is. All that's missing are the smells and sounds...Maybe someday technology will be able to put THAT into a book form. Until then...an intense read. It gives a good perspective on why YOU DON'T want to go to war... Charley Mike

As a student of SE Asia history I have over 300 books on the subject and 365 Days ranks in the top 5%. (Also a veteran of three tours in Vietnam & Cambodia). I first read Dr. Glassner's book over two decades ago and yet remember it as if it was yesterday.

For those who want to know what it was like to be in Vietnam, this is a must read book. The writing is very graphic and it is a book you will not soon forget.

My deepest gratitude to Dr. Glassner for his fine work. Not only for writing it but especially for publishing it at a time when it was not fashionable to be writing about Vietnam or Vietnam veterans. My sincerest thanks to Dr. Glassner.

Riveting account of one doctor's internship on a pediatric ward and of his special relationship with one particular 11 year old patient, a young girl and what he learns from her about how to be a better, more compassionate doctor.