A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam, Paperback - Neil Sheehan

Reducere. 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION. One of the most acclaimed books of our time--the definitive Vietnam War expose. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Nati...

Blunt, idealistic, patronising to the Vietnamese, Vann was haunted by a shameful secret - the fact that he was the illegitimate son of a 'white tra...

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Publisher: University Press of AmericaAuthor(s): Lori RogersNumber of pages: 168Publication date: 1998Dimensions: 138 x 215 x 12Cover type: Paperba...

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Reducere. If Operation Dewey Canyon, fought in the northern I Corps area of South Vietnam and Laos in early 1969, was defined in relation to World War II Mar...

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