"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".--Washington Post. "The best book I have ever read on men and war in our time".--John le Carre". . . . Dispatches puts the rest of us in the shade".--Hunter S. Thompson.

" 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." --Washington Post. " The best book I have ever read on men and war in our time." --John le Carre." . . . Dispatches puts the rest of us in the shade." --Hunter S. Thompson.

Publisher:

Vintage Books

ISBN:

9780679735250

Publication date:

August 1991

Length:

207mm

Width:

132mm

Thickness:

19mm

Weight:

286g

Pages:

272

The best book I have ever read on men and war in our time.
--John le Carre
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.