Caught somewhere between Mash and Catch 22, this is the story of a squad of young soldiers coping with their time in America's first endless war. There were buried mines, deadly booby-traps, sudden firefights and a largely unseen enemy. But perhaps the bigger threat was their own people-the cadre above, willing to sacrifice lives in a war that could not be won, but just might last long enough for them to climb the next step on the ladder...