Dispatches by Michael Herr Paperback Book

Description: Dispatches by Michael Herr A seminal classic of war reportage based in Vietnam. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The best book I have ever read on men and war in our time - John Le CarréMichael Herr went to Vietnam as a war correspondent for Esquire. He returned to tell the real story in all its hallucinatory madness and brutality, cutting to the quick of the conflict and its seductive, devastating impact on a generation of young men. His unflinching account is haunting in its violence, but even more so in its honesty.First published in 1977, Dispatches was a revolutionary piece of new journalism that evoked the experiences of soldiers in Vietnam which has forever shaped our understanding of the conflict.A groundbreaking piece of journalism, part of the Picador Collection, which inspired Stanley Kubricks classic Vietnam War film Full Metal Jacket. Author Biography Michael Herr was born in 1940 in Syracuse, New York. He was a writer and former war correspondent best known as the author of Dispatches (1977), a memoir of his time as a correspondent for Esquire magazine (1967-1969) during the Vietnam War. He died in 2016, aged seventy-six. Review The best book I have ever read on men and war in our time. -- John Le CarréHaving read Dispatches, it is difficult to convey the impact of total experience as all the facades of patriotism, heroism and the whole colossal fraud of American intervention fall away to the bare bones of fear, war and death -- William S. BurroughsSplendid . . . he brings alive the terror of combat in a way that rivals All Quiet on the Western Front -- Tom WolfeIn the great line of Crane, Orwell and Hemingway . . . he seems to have brought to this book the ear of a musician and the eye of a painter, Frank Zappa and Francis Bacon * The Washington Post *We have all spent ten years trying to explain what happened to our heads and our lives in the decade we finally survived - but Michael Herrs Dispatches puts all the rest of us in the shade -- Hunter S. ThompsonIf it were only unconventional journalism, it would stand with the best there is - but its a good deal more than that . . . I believe it may be the best personal journal about war, about any war, that any writer has ever accomplished -- Robert Stone Promotional A seminal classic of war reportage. Details ISBN1035038943 Author Michael Herr Pages 272 Audience Age 18 Publisher Pan Macmillan Series Picador Collection Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781035038947 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-08-08 Imprint Picador Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 959.7043092 Audience General UK Release Date 2024-08-08 ISBN-10 1035038943 NZ Release Date 2024-12-30 AU Release Date 2024-12-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161104042;

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