"In the rear with the beer," or more properly, with the service and support troops in Da Nang, was where Charles Anderson's orders took him in the late summer of 1968. ...Life in the rear frequently meant boredom. there was necessary duty, of course, but there were accidents, contentious men in the brig, bungling, black-marketeering, drinking, and whoring. Anderson's pen describes it all.

1. The World of the Rear; 2. Third MPs; 3. Time to Kill...; 4. Time to Reflect; 5. Sparrowhawk!; 6. Hearts and Minds; 7. Thanh; 8. Just for Laughs; 9. Cumshaw; 10. The Thing Most Missed; 11. Black and White; 12. EPD; 13. R&R; 14. The Worst of News; 15. Season of Change, Season of Hope; 16. Across the River and into the Unknown