Publication
Before publication in 1990, five of the stories: "The Things They Carried," "How To Tell A True War Story", "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong," "The Ghost Soldiers," and "The Lives of the Dead", had been published in Esquire. "Speaking of Courage" was originally published (in heavily modified form) as a chapter of O'Brien's earlier novel Going After Cacciato.
"The Things They Carried" was also included in the 1987 volume of The Best American Short Stories, edited by Ann Beattie.
"The Things They Carried" was also included in the Second Edition of Literature: Approaches to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama by Robert DiYanni.
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