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A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam

by Neil Sheehan
$9.90
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam

Lt. Col. John Vann's tale: America's Vietnam disillusionment.

This isn't just another military history book—it’s a vivid and personal narrative that exposes the deep flaws and human failures within the Vietnam War through John Vann’s eyes. Neil Sheehan gives us a front-row seat to the political intrigue and moral conflicts that Vann encountered, making it poignant for anyone interested in the truth behind the grand narratives of war and the complex human stories often lost in the shadow of geopolitics.

  • Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1989)
  • National Book Award for Nonfiction (1988)
  • Ambassador Book Award for American Studies (1989)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for General Nonfiction (1988)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam

by Neil Sheehan
$9.90
ISBN: 9780394484471
Authors: Neil Sheehan
Publisher: Random House (NY)
Date of Publication: 1988-09-12
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, Politics, History
Related Topics: Biography, Politics, Biography, American History, History, Asia, American History, Politics, War
Goodreads rating: 4.23
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This passionate, epic account of the Vietnam War centers on Lt Col John Paul Vann, whose story illuminates America's failures and disillusionment in Southeast Asia. A field adviser to the army when US involvement was just beginning, he quickly became appalled at the corruption of the South Vietnamese regime, their incompetence in fighting the Communists, and their brutal alienation of their own people. Finding his superiors too blinded by political lies to understand the war was being thrown away, he secretly briefed reporters on what was really happening. One of those reporters was Neil Sheehan. Neil Sheehan was a Vietnam War correspondent for United Press International and the New York Times and won a number of awards for reporting. In 1971, he obtained the Pentagon Papers, which brought the Times the Pulitzer Gold Medal for meritorious public service. A Bright Shining Lie won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction. He lives in Washington, DC. (Note: The additional information about maps, 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, acknowledgments, interviews, documents, source notes, bibliography, index, and about the author have been removed as they are not part of the book description.)
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Lt. Col. John Vann's tale: America's Vietnam disillusionment.

This isn't just another military history book—it’s a vivid and personal narrative that exposes the deep flaws and human failures within the Vietnam War through John Vann’s eyes. Neil Sheehan gives us a front-row seat to the political intrigue and moral conflicts that Vann encountered, making it poignant for anyone interested in the truth behind the grand narratives of war and the complex human stories often lost in the shadow of geopolitics.

  • Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1989)
  • National Book Award for Nonfiction (1988)
  • Ambassador Book Award for American Studies (1989)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for General Nonfiction (1988)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.