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. 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.
| ISBN: | 9780307270801 |
| Publication date: | 17th February 2009 |
| Author: | Michael Herr, Robert Stone |
| Publisher: | Everyman's Library an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 247 pages |
| Series: | Everyman's Library |
| Genres: |
Military history: post-WW2 conflicts True war and combat stories Biography: historical, political and military Memoirs |
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. 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.
Dispatches features in the following genres: Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, True war and combat stories, Biography: historical, political and military, Memoirs
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Dispatches was written by Michael Herr, Robert Stone and published by Everyman's Library an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Dispatches has 247 pages
Yes it is part of Everyman's Library series