With an introduction by Kevin Powers. A groundbreaking piece of journalism which inspired Stanley Kubrick's classic Vietnam War film Full Metal Jacket. We took space back quickly, expensively, with total panic and close to maximum brutality. Our machine was devastating. And versatile. It could do everything but stop. Michael Herr went to Vietnam as a war correspondent for Esquire. He returned to tell the real story in all its hallucinatory madness and brutality, cutting to the quick of the conflict and its seductive, ...
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With an introduction by Kevin Powers. A groundbreaking piece of journalism which inspired Stanley Kubrick's classic Vietnam War film Full Metal Jacket. We took space back quickly, expensively, with total panic and close to maximum brutality. Our machine was devastating. And versatile. It could do everything but stop. Michael Herr went to Vietnam as a war correspondent for Esquire. He returned to tell the real story in all its hallucinatory madness and brutality, cutting to the quick of the conflict and its seductive, devastating impact on a generation of young men. His unflinching account is haunting in its violence, but even more so in its honesty. First published in 1977, Dispatches was a revolutionary piece of new journalism that evoked the experiences of soldiers in Vietnam and has forever shaped our understanding of the conflict. It is now a seminal classic of war reportage.
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A good read if you are looking for a different view on the Vietnam War.
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Jun 3, 2010
PROFOUND SENSE OF HEART FELT HONESTY
AN EXCEPTIONAL BOOK WHICH REVEALS A CORRESPONDENTS UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE. WRITTEN WITH A PROFOUND SENSE OF HEART FELT HONESTY. MR. HERR GAVE ME THE FEELING THAT I WAS IN VIETNAM BUT LOOKING THROUGH THE EYES OF THE TROOPS.
