Sheehan, N: Bright Shining Lie

John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

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25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION. One of the most acclaimed books of our time-the definitive Vietnam War exposé. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. When he came to Vietnam in 1962, Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann was the one clear-sighted participant in an enterprise riddled with arrogance and self-deception, a charismatic soldier who put his life and career on the line in an attempt to convince his superiors that the war should be fought another way. By the time he died in 1972, Vann had embraced the follies he once decried. He died believing that the war had been won. In this magisterial book, a monument of history and biography that was awarded the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction, a renowned journalist tells the story of John Vann-"the one irreplaceable American in Vietnam"-and of the tragedy that destroyed a country and squandered so much of America's young manhood and resources.
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Schrijver
Sheehan, Neil
Titel
Sheehan, N: Bright Shining Lie
Uitgever
Random House UK
Jaar
1989
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
896
Gewicht
806 gr
EAN
9780679724148
Afmetingen
205 x 136 x 49 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback

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