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

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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

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

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Random House
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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1990, Picador
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1989, Vintage Books
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A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
1988, Random House
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1988, Random House
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Table of Contents

The Funeral
Page 3
Book I. Going to War
Page 35
Book II. Antecedents to a Confrontation
Page 127
Book III. The Battle of Ap Bac
Page 201
Book IV. Taking On the System
Page 267
Book V. Antecedents to the Man
Page 387
Book VI. A Second Time Around
Page 499
Book VII. John Vann Stays
Page 587
Ackwledgments
Page 791
Interviews
Page 795
Documents
Page 801
Source Notes
Page 803
Bibliography
Page 821
Index
Page 835

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 821.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
959.704/33/73
Library of Congress
DS558 .S47 1988, DS558 .S47 1988

The Physical Object

Pagination
861 p., [16] p. of plates:
Number of pages
861

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL18335754M
Internet Archive
brightshininglie01shee
ISBN 10
0394484479
ISBN 13
9780394484471
LCCN
87043330
OCLC/WorldCat
1087970199, 17301230
Library Thing
23560
Goodreads
82512

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IT WAS a funeral to which they all came.
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