Dispatches
First published 1977
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Written on the front lines in Vietnam, *Dispatches* became an immediate classic of war reportage when it was published in 1977.
From its terrifying opening pages to its final eloquent words, *Dispatches* makes us see, in unforgettable and unflinching detail, the chaos and fervor of the war and the surreal insanity of life in that singular combat zone.
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Michael Herr’s unsparing, unorthodox retellings of the day-to-day events in Vietnam take on the force of poetry, rendering clarity from one of the most incomprehensible and nightmarish events of our time. *Dispatches* is among the most blistering and compassionate accounts of war in our literature.
Source: Open Library
Book information
- Author
- Michael Herr
- First published
- 1977
- Publisher
- Avon
- Language
- ENG
- ISBN-13
- 9780380401963