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A Rumor Of War by Philip Caputo (Paperback, 1999)
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In March 1965, Marine Lieutnant Philip J. Caputo landed in Danang with the first ground combat unit committed to gith in Vietnam. Sixteen months later, having served on the line in one of modern history's ugliest wars, he returned home - physically whole, emotionally wasted, his youthful idealism shattered. A decade later, Caputo would write in A Rumor of War, 'This is simply a story about war, about the things men do in war and the things war does to them'. It is far more then that. It is, a Theodore Solotaroff wrote in the New York Times Book Review, 'the troubled conscience of America speaking passionately, truthfully, finally'. It is the book that shattered America's deliberate indifference to the fact of the men it sent to fight in the jungles of Vietnam, and in the years since it was first published it has become a basic text on that war. But in the literature of war that stretches back to Homer, it has also taken its place as an esteemed classic to rank alongside All Quiet on the Western Front and The Naked and the Dead.Product Identifiers
PublisherVintage Publishing
ISBN-139780712664455
eBay Product ID (ePID)88443026
Product Key Features
Number of Pages384 Pages
Publication NameA Rumor of War
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMedicine, Government, History
Publication Year1999
TypeTextbook
AuthorPhilip Caputo
Subject AreaBiographies & True Stories
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height216 mm
Item Weight410 g
Item Width135 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorPhilip Caputo
TopicMemorials
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- 05 May, 2017
A compelling account of how combat sends you round the bend
I read this back in the day, when it was originally published. It's one of the first books out of 'Nam. The others being Dispatches and Chickenhawks. It's a wonderful account of a young, idealistic USMC lieutenant being twisted like a steel cable and distorted until he snaps. An excellent read by an excellent writer.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 13 Oct, 2021
Many pages but heavy reading.
The book is perfect, the story too drawn out and boring....Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 06 Nov, 2019
Timless
Very Honest account of war. Brilliant read. TimelessVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 31 May, 2023
Most appropriate!
It is truthful.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
