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Dispatches by Michael Herr (1991, Trade Paperback)
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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100679735259
ISBN-139780679735250
eBay Product ID (ePID)132623
Product Key Features
Book TitleDispatches
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPersonal Memoirs, Military / Vietnam War, Military
Publication Year1991
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorMichael Herr
Book SeriesVintage International Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight7.8 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN90-050771
Reviews"The best book I have ever read on men and war in our time." --John le Carré "In the great line of Crane, Orwell, and Hemingway . . . Herr reaches an excruciating level of intensity . . . He seems to have brought to this book the ear of a musician and the eye of a painter . . . The premier war correspondence of Vietnam." -- The Washington Post " . . . Dispatches puts the rest of us in the shade." --Hunter S. Thompson, "The best book I have ever read on men and war in our time." -John le Carré"In the great line of Crane, Orwell, and Hemingway . . . Herr reaches an excruciating level of intensity . . . He seems to have brought to this book the ear of a musician and the eye of a painter . . . The premier war correspondence of Vietnam." - The Washington Post, "The best book I have ever read on men and war in our time." -John le Carré "In the great line of Crane, Orwell, and Hemingway . . . Herr reaches an excruciating level of intensity . . . He seems to have brought to this book the ear of a musician and the eye of a painter . . . The premier war correspondence of Vietnam." -The Washington Post From the Hardcover edition., "The best book I have ever read on men and war in our time." -John le Carré "In the great line of Crane, Orwell, and Hemingway . . . Herr reaches an excruciating level of intensity . . . He seems to have brought to this book the ear of a musician and the eye of a painter . . . The premier war correspondence of Vietnam." - The Washington Post From the Hardcover edition., "The best book I have ever read on men and war in our time." -John le Carré"In the great line of Crane, Orwell, and Hemingway . . . Herr reaches an excruciating level of intensity . . . He seems to have brought to this book the ear of a musician and the eye of a painter . . . The premier war correspondence of Vietnam." - The Washington Post From the Hardcover edition., "The best book I have ever read on men and war in our time." --John le Carr "In the great line of Crane, Orwell, and Hemingway . . . Herr reaches an excruciating level of intensity . . . He seems to have brought to this book the ear of a musician and the eye of a painter . . . The premier war correspondence of Vietnam." -- The Washington Post " . . . Dispatches puts the rest of us in the shade." --Hunter S. Thompson
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal959.7/043373
Synopsis"The best book to have been written about the Vietnam War" ( The New York Times Book Review ); an instant classic straight from the front lines. 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.
LC Classification NumberDS559.5.H47 1991
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- 10 May, 2025Top favourable review
Great Book, Great Seller!!
Probably the best book on the Vietnam war I have read since reading "NAM". I highly recommend this book. You'll especially love pages 17-19!!!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 27 Nov, 2016Top critical review
Stylish, too stylish for me
I'm a fan of straight forward writing that tells a story. Within that framework there's plenty of opportunity for all the literary devices writers love to use. This book gets bogged down in a lot of descriptions and dialogue that don't make a lot of sense if you weren't there. You might read half a page with only a vague idea of what is going on before you get to a section that is more straightforward. Add to that the relatively tiresome recitation of tactical maneuvers and you're left slogging through a lot of dead space to get to the good stuff. I know this book is acclaimed as the definitive work on the Vietnam war but maybe less so for those of us who weren't there. I've read a couple other books on the war and enjoyed them more.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 04 Nov, 2020
Absolutely the Best Account of Vietnam
A very personal account of Herr's time in Vietnam, bringing back the insanity and stupidity of the war and all of its sadness and tragedy. It is correctly described as one of the greatest accounts of the war or any war yet written - what were we thinking?Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 16 Aug, 2024
Up front in the action.
It was a very interesting read about a journalist covering the war in Vietnam.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 14 May, 2024
Great book. Thanks!
Great book. Thanks!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 16 May, 2022
Dispatches
Excellent readVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 17 Jan, 2023
Highly evocative
Highly evocative, raw language describing the reality of war.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 07 Apr, 2024
Nice copy, just what I ordered.
Nice copy, just what I ordered.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 24 Apr, 2024
beautiful
beautifulVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 17 Apr, 2019
Great book
Outstanding storyVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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