Precious little is known of the early life of Vietnam Veteran and Author, Sargeant John Four Leaf Tayback. After returning from Vietnam in 1969, Tayback became a vocal critic of Americas foreign policy in the Vietnam conflict. His public and often stoic, silent protests gained him national notoriety, and for a brief moment, he was seen as the next great leader in anti-war movement. However Four Leaf fell out of favor amongst anti war radicals after critics emerged, deriding him for his erratic descriptions of both his time served, and the places he traveled in Vietnam. He was momentarily written off as a tragic, albeit heroic, acid casualty of the late 60s anti war movement. But in 1971 his critics were silenced when Four Leaf published his unflinching, harrowing and beautifully told memoirs of his time in Vietnam, and of his account of the secret mission his government sent him on. The Book Tropic Thunder was a runaway bestseller. - combatbooks.com Show less «