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A Bright Shining Lie : John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam Neil

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Publication Name
Penguin Random House
ISBN
9780224026482

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This portrait follows the career of Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann from his arrival in Vietnam in 1962, to his death in 1972. It deals centrally with his outspoken disillusionment with the war and his role as a civilian in the pacification programme afterwards where he rose to become the first American civilian to wield a general's command in the war. Neil Sheehan was a Vietnam war correspondent for United Press International and the New York Times and has won a number of awards for his reporting. In 1971 he obtained the Pentahon Papers, which brought the Times the Pulitzer Prize gold medal for meritorious public service.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Vintage Publishing
ISBN-13
9780224026482
eBay Product ID (ePID)
87156958

Product Key Features

Book Title
Bright, Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
Number of Pages
861 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1989
Topic
Government
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Type
Textbook
Author
Neil Sheehan
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
234 mm
Item Weight
1336 g
Item Width
158 mm

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United Kingdom
Title_Author
Neil Sheehan

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