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Dispatches

by Michael Herr · 1977

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"He seems to have brought to this book the ear of a musician & the eye of a painter...the premier war correspondence of Vietnam."-Washington Post

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"The best book I have ever read on men & war in our time."-John le Carre."

"Dispatches puts the rest of us in the shade."-Hunter S. Thompson

Breathing in

Hell sucks

Khe Sanh

Illumination rounds

Colleagues

Breathing out

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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thisbiographybiographyMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of thistraveltravelMore like thisLess of this
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war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
journalistsjournalistsMore like thisLess of thismilitary historymilitary historyMore like thisLess of thisAmerican historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thiswarwarMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisCold WarCold WarMore like thisLess of thisVietnamVietnamMore like thisLess of thisAsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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adult
Length
medium · 260 pages
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