A Rumor of War - Hardcover

Caputo, Philip

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 003017631X ISBN 13: 9780030176319

Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, 1977

Synopsis

A personal memoir of the war in Vietnam, in which the author first served as a Marine and which he later covered as a reporter

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

"A singular and marvelous work." -- The New York Times
"Compelling . . . A thoroughly honest view of what the experience of Vietnam meant to a young college graduate, a 'gung-ho' lieutenant in the marine corps who enlisted for the 'heroic experience' of war . . . It is the most eloquent statement yet on what Vietnam was for the lower echelons who had to do the dirty work." -- Seattle Times
"Heartbreaking, terrifying, and enraging . . . It will make the strongest among us weep."
-- Los Angeles Times

About the Author:

Mustered out of the Marine Corps in 1967, Philip Caputo went on to a prize-winning career as a journalist, covering the war in Beirut and the fall of Saigon before leaving the Chicago Tribune to devote himself to writing full-time. His novels are Horn of Africa, DelCorso's Gallery, Indian Country and Equation for Evil. He is also the author of a collection of novellas, Exiles, and a second volume of memoir, Means of Escape. Philip Caputo has been a contributing editor for Esquire, and has also written for the New York Times, the Boston Globe and the Los Angeles Times.

About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 003017631X
• ISBN 13: 9780030176319
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 346