Continuity of ground (from pipes and metal jackets of cable) is considered lost for the circuit(s) that enter a knock out that has reducing washers installed.
When his unit is defeated — in a stunningly raw battlefield tableau that puts "Full Metal Jacket" to shame — three of his men are court-martialed, and Dax must defend them.
The late 1980s saw a spate of Vietnam War movies ("Platoon," "Full Metal Jacket," "Casualties of War") as filmmakers and the country began processing in earnest the consequences of that conflict.
The weapons showcased at the Defense Ministry's manicured headquarters here played out like a "Full Metal Jacket" version of show-and-tell.
He has a well-deserved reputation for being a tree feller, a smash-and-wipe-out merchant who can wreak havoc on the opposition, but he's not the headless, full metal jacket type of player that some have claimed and is more controlled these days, which is great to see.
He has brought to an end an association that has run the gamut of emotions, from undiluted success as a player under Martin O'Neill and later Strachan, to an unhappy bit-part role under Mowbray, to the full metal jacket experience of being the boss.
In the phantasmagoria of "Apocalypse Now," in the brutalism of "Full Metal Jacket," the revanchism of the Rambo pictures and the operatic fevers of Oliver Stone's movies, the confusion of war is still acute; its wounds are still raw.
Films like Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket and Casualties of War fed public disgust with militarism.
Reviewing it for The New York Times, Michiko Kakutani said the book combined "the black humor of 'Catch-22' with the savagery of 'Full Metal Jacket' and the visceral detail of 'The Things They Carried.' " Mr. Swofford is back, this time with a novel.
