MICHAEL HERR
DISPATCHES
One of the Guardian’s 100 best non fiction books of all time.
OUTLINE
Herr hooked up with an English war photographer, Tim Page, and Errol Flynn’s son, Sean, and went chopper-hopping round the Vietnam war zone, taking huge risks, getting stranded in Khe Sanh in the winter of 1968 during its infamous siege (a brilliant set piece at the heart of Dispatches), surviving against the odds.
REVIEWS
A compelling sense of urgency and a unique voice make Michael Herr’s Vietnam memoir the definitive account of war in our time.- the Guardian.
Critics immediately hailed it as the story of the real Vietnam War, the one told from the view of the grunts on the ground, rather than politicians or military commanders thousands of miles away. - Columbia Journalism Review.
The best book I have read on men and war in our time. - John le Carre.
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