false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171644416m/110759.jpg 110759 11 The extraordinary betseller that provides a close-up look unlike any other, at the American experience in Vietnam. Powerful, vivid, compassionate, and heartbreaking, here is a very personal and yet universal grunt's-eye-view of the hopeless brutality and the ultimate, and seemingly endless horror where men and governments sacrificed their morality and the souls of their nation. 3782 1977 A Rumor of War total:803|5:247|4:353|3:167|2:29|1:7| 803 3213 1024 108 5 4 false false Fri Dec 21 06:47:47 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 06:48:00 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu Mar 13 08:26:01 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 08:30:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 21 06:55:16 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 23 07:42:42 -0800 2008
It wasn't as philosophical or even maybe horrific as I needed. He didn't sell me on why exactly did the Vietnam war effect men's psyches more than other wars. I ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 20 05:18:39 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 20 05:18:39 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sat Jan 24 08:52:10 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 09:03:43 -0800 2009 They just stood there, silent and still, showing neither grief nor ang...more...]]> 4 0 true false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 19:08:41 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 12:38:54 -0700 2009
Philip Caputo was a marine lieutenant among the first units in Vietnam in 1965. And his unit, like all such who are the first of their generation to go to war, was unsure of what they would find, looking to their few veterans from Korea ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 26 16:49:39 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 10 09:12:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 18:39:50 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 19:41:55 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 11:28:46 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 11:47:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 13:52:34 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 13:53:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1986 Tue May 19 07:41:57 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 07:51:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 08:17:10 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 12:32:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 12:01:57 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 20:01:12 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sun Mar 01 20:29:24 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 20:29:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 03 17:49:52 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 11 10:22:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Fri Sep 18 07:31:54 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 07:39:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sun Aug 23 09:48:07 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 09:50:40 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 09:09:57 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 08:23:24 -0800 2009
"In the patriotic fervor of the Kennedy years, we had asked, 'What can we do for our country?' and our country answered, 'Kill VC.'"]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 20:29:28 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 20:34:51 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jan 13 11:16:17 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 11:58:31 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=110759