Religions > Atheism > OT: Book: A Bright Shining Lie : John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
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"maff" |
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09 Feb 2004 07:07:09 AM |
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OT: Book: A Bright Shining Lie : John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam |
A Bright Shining Lie : John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0679724141/
by Neil Sheehan
Amazon.com
This passionate, epic account of the Vietnam War centers on Lt. Col.
John Paul Vann, whose story illuminates America's failures and
disillusionment in Southeast Asia. Vann was a field adviser to the
army when American involvement was just beginning. He quickly became
appalled at the corruption of the South Vietnamese regime, their
incompetence in fighting the Communists, and their brutal alienation
of their own people. Finding his superiors too blinded by political
lies to understand that the war was being thrown away, he secretly
briefed reporters on what was really happening. One of those reporters
was Neil Sheehan. This definitive expose on why America lost the war
won the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction in 1989.
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