false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165428984m/4339.jpg 4339 16 Michael Herr, who wrote about the Vietnam War for Esquire magazine, gathered his years of notes from his front-line reporting and turned them into what many people consider the best account of the war to date, when published in 1977. He captured the feel of the war and how it differed from any theater of combat ever fought, as well as the flavor of the time and the essence of the people who were there. Since <i>Dispatches</i> was published, other excellent books have appeared on the war--may we suggest <i>The Things They Carried</i>, <i>The Sorrow of War</i>, <i>We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young</i>--but Herr's book was the first to hit the target head-on and remains a classic. 8018 1977 Dispatches total:1027|5:468|4:346|3:180|2:27|1:6| 1027 4324 1482 133 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 28 07:45:28 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 07:46:09 -0800 2009 Full Metal Jacket and Apocalypse Now, which makes sense because Vietnam film is 100% rooted in the language and stories of this book. I'm conflicted ...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sun Jan 06 08:31:44 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 09:08:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Mar 27 00:49:14 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 01:21:41 -0700 2008 5 3 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 27 13:25:05 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 27 13:28:01 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 14:42:18 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 14:48:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 14:55:20 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 26 14:55:25 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sat Jan 10 18:02:26 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 18:10:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1992 Sat Apr 12 09:14:49 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 09:15:49 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sun Feb 22 23:36:32 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 23:50:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 05:24:28 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 12:24:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 01 08:28:28 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 08:37:09 -0700 2008
Here's ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 01:03:38 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 01:03:38 -0800 2008 Beautifully renderd account of tagging along as a journalist in Vietnam. The writing is fierce, hallocinogenic, searing, and very subjective. Herr is Emersons' transparent eyeball in this book, recording his impressions and imaginative reactions to the chaos and strange beauty surrounding hi...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 26 23:51:36 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 23:54:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 04 09:52:20 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 10:17:15 -0800 2008 Herr served as an advisor on Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Apr 26 02:48:16 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 02:51:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 02 16:32:23 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 08:16:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 03 13:09:57 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 13:10:46 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 16 21:17:16 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 21:27:20 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 09:06:02 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 08:53:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Mar 25 18:09:51 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 18:11:20 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4339