Dispatches
By: by Michael Herr ; introduction by Robert Stone.
Contributors: Stone, Robert, 1937-
Publisher: Everyman's Library/Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780307270801
Subjects: Herr, Michael, -- 1940-; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American
Genres: Personal narratives, American.
Description: One of the greatest examples of war journalism ever written, Michael Herr's collection of dispatches from the front lines of the Vietnam War reveal with shattering impact how that war differed from any combat theatre fought before. Herr's clearheaded yet unsparing retellings of the day-to-day events in Vietnam take on the force of poetry, capturing the unique flavor of the time and place and finding clarity in one of the most incomprehensible events in our modern era. A National Book Critics Circle finalist and highly acclaimed upon its publication, this modern classic retains its powerful resonance as America finds itself in the midst of another military quagmire.
Notes: Originally published: 1977.