First edition of the everyman's library of "the best book to have been written about the Vietnam War" (The New York Times Book Review). Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Introduction by Robert Stone. Praised by John le Carre as "the best book I have ever read on men and war in our time, Herr's vision of combat stands at the core of two seminal Vietnam films: Coppola� s Apocalypse Now (1979), with its narration by Herr, and Kubrick� s Full Metal Jacket (1987), whose screenplay earned Herr an Oscar nomination. Named by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 best and most influential novels since 1923 and listed by The Guardian's 100 greatest non-fiction book list in 2011.

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Title

Dispatches.

Publisher

Everyman's Library, New York

Publication Date

2009

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

1st Edition

Dust Jacket Condition

Dust Jacket Included

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