Defiance, the second work in Shanley's trilogy which began with Doubt, is set in 1971 at a military base where a lieutenant colonel and his reluctant protégé, a young African-American captain, clash over issues of race and authority within the Marine Corps, as the civil rights movement and Vietnam divide the world outside.
Defiance, the second work in Shanley's trilogy which began with Doubt, is set in 1971 at a military base where a lieutenant colonel and his reluctant protégé, a young African-American captain, clash over issues of race and authority within the Marine Corps, as the civil rights movement and Vietnam divide the world outside.