A bright shining lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam

Chronicles the military career of Lt. Col. John Paul Vann, profiling his military and civilian roles in the Vietnam War.

OCLC #: 17301230
ISBN #:
- 0394484479
- 9780394484471
- 9780679724148
- 0679724141
Call #: DS558.S47 1988
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice: New York : Random House, [1988]
Edition:
- First edition.
Physical Description: 861 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
- The funeral --
- Going to war --
- Antecedents to a confrontation --
- The Battle of Ap Bac --
- Taking on the system --
- Antecedents to the man --
- A second time around --
- John Vann stays.
Awards:
- Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 1989.
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