About the book: 2008 / Joe Haldeman's novels about William Mundell, an ordinary American, torn from the 20th century and thrown into the star battles of a thousand-year war of the future, critics unanimously called the veteran's answer Vietnam War on Robert E. Heinlein's Starship Troopers. Haldeman's book is a true classic of military fiction, awarded the highest literary awards - the Hugo and Nebula awards».