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A Bright Shining Lie : John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam - Hardcover, 1988
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Signed By
- N/A
- Signed
- No
- Custom Bundle
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Original Language
- English
- Item Length
- 9.5
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Vintage
- Yes
- Personalize
- No
- Item Height
- 2.25
- Personalized
- No
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- Vietnam
- Item Width
- 6.75
- ISBN
- 9780394484471
- Publication Year
- 1988
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Bright Shining Lie : John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Military / Vietnam War
- Item Weight
- 51.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 861 Pages
About this product
Product Information
Fourteen years in the making, this story of a man and a war is so mesmerizing and monumentalze winner, is scheduled to appear on Good Morning America this fall. The New Yorker will feature this book in three installments this summer. 16 pages of photos, maps.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House
ISBN-10
0394484479
ISBN-13
9780394484471
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1231498
Product Key Features
Book Title
Bright Shining Lie : John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
Number of Pages
861 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Military / Vietnam War
Publication Year
1988
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
51.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
87-043330
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"If there is one book that captures the Vietnam war in the sheer Homeric scale of its passion and folly, this is it."--The New York Times Book Review, "If there is one book that captures the Vietnam war in the sheer Homeric scale of its passion and folly, this is it."--The New York Times Book Review From the Trade Paperback edition.
Publication Date
1988-09-12
Dewey Decimal
959.7/043/092
Age Level
Trade
Synopsis
Fourteen years in the making, this story of a man and a war is so mesmerizing and monumentalze winner, is scheduled to appear on Good Morning America this fall. The New Yorker will feature this book in three installments this summer. 16 pages of photos, maps.
Lc Classification Number
Ds558.S47 1988
Copyright Date
1988
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- Oct 31, 2023Top favourable review
A story you may not have heard.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: thrift.books
- Aug 03, 2008
The best book I have read on the Vietnam War.
- Jul 23, 2009
A Bright Shining Lie
- Mar 15, 2010
A must read for anyone interested in the war in Vietnam
- May 28, 2019
John Paul Vann
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: discover-books
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