‘Lieutenant Dangerous’ uses wry humor to point out the absurdity of Vietnam War
Like many young men growing up in the late 1960s, Jeff Danziger thought about what the war in Vietnam would mean for him. Decades later, and after a distinguished career as an editorial cartoonist for The Christian Science Monitor, he recounts the story of his military experiences in “Lieutenant Dangerous: A Vietnam War Memoir,” a book that is by turns funny, sad, horrifying, and thought-provoking.
Danziger initially avoids the military draft as a college student. But once he graduates, his deferment ends and
