An edition of A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam (1988)

A bright shining lie

John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam

1st Vintage Books ed.

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An edition of A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam (1988)

A bright shining lie

John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam

1st Vintage Books ed.

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Sheehan's tragic biography of John Paul Vann is also a sweeping history of America's seduction, entrapment and disillusionment in Vietnam. Annotation. Sheehan's tragic biography of John Paul Vann is also a sweeping history of America's seduction, entrapment and disillusionment in Vietnam.

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Language
English
Pages
861

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Subjects

Biography, Biography & Autobiography, History, National Book Award Winner, Nonfiction, Officers, Soldiers, United States, United States. Army, United States. Army, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975, award:national_book_award=1988, award:national_book_award=nonfiction, Militaires, Biographies, Officiers, États-Unis, Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975, États-Unis. Army, Vietnam-oorlog, Soldados, Biografía, Vietnam War (1961-1975) fast (OCoLC)fst01431664, Armed Forces, Vietnamkrieg, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, united states, New York Times reviewed

People

John Paul Vann, John Paul Vann (1924-1972)

Places

United States, États-Unis, Vietnam

Times

1924-1972, 1961-1975

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Cover of: A Bright Shining Lie
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
September 22, 2009, Modern Library
Hardcover in English
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A bright shining lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
1990, Picador
in English
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A bright shining lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
1989, Vintage Books
in English - 1st Vintage Books ed.
Cover of: A bright shining lie
A bright shining lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
1988, Random House
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: A Bright Shining Lie
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
1988, Random House
in English - First edition

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Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. [821]-833.
Includes index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
959.704/3373
Library of Congress
DS558 .S47 1989, DS558.S47 1989

The Physical Object

Pagination
861 p., [22] p. of plates :
Number of pages
861

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL2216785M
ISBN 10
0679724141
LCCN
89040141
OCLC/WorldCat
19811482
Library Thing
23560
Goodreads
417640

Work Identifiers

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OL3063447W

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Work Description

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

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IT WAS a funeral to which they all came.
added anonymously.

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