Why We're in Vietnam
By Stephen King
1999
First Published
1
Number of Pages
"Why We're in Vietnam" is a Stephen King novelette from his 1999 collection Hearts in Atlantis, featuring veteran John "Sully" Sullivan reflecting on a near-massacre in Vietnam and the lingering trauma, connecting to other stories in the collection and exploring themes of war's impact on innocence and the search for meaning in post-war America, referencing Norman Mailer's book of the same name.
