Paper Clip Bullets by Gündem
£11.00
Out of stock
“No, sir. We bomb these people, then we photograph them. My stories are paper bullets fired into the fat black heart of Communism. I've fought to make the world safe for hypocrisy. We have met the enemy and he is us. War is good business — invest your son, Viet Nam means never having to say you're sorry. Arbeit Macht Frei—”
“Sergeant Joker!”
“Negative, Captain. Number ten. I’m a corporal. You can send me to the brig, sir — I know that. Lock me up in Portsmouth Naval Prison until I rot, but let me rot as a corporal, sir. You know I do my job. I write that the Nam is an Asian Eldorado populated by a cute, primitive but determined people. War is a noisy breakfast food. War is fun to eat. War can give you better checkups. War cures cancer — permanently. I don't kill. I write. Grunts kill; I only watch. I'm only young Dr. Goebbels. I'm not a sergeant.” I add: “Sir.”
– Gustav Hasford’s seminal work, “The Short-Timers” published in 1979.
42.5mm in height and x 17mm in width, made from 1mm metal wire. Each pack contains 20 paper clip bullets.