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One of the most acclaimed books of our time—the definitive Vietnam War exposé and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.When he came to Vietnam in 1962, Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann was the one clear-sighted participant in an enterprise riddled with arrogance and self-deception, a charismatic soldier who put his life and career on the line in an attempt to convince his superiors that the war should be fought another way. By the time he died in 1972, Vann had embraced the follies he once decried. He died believing that the war had been won.In this magisterial book, a monument of history and biography that was awarded the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction, a renowned journalist tells the story of John Vann—"the one irreplaceable American in Vietnam"—and of the tragedy that destroyed a country and squandered so much of America's young manhood and resources.

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I'm still getting my head around the idea that the heaviest fighting in Vietnam -- the stuff I remember watching Walter Cronkite talking about on the evening news -- happened as long ago as it really did. Yet the conflict there has shaped our society as much as 9/11 and the ward in Iraq and Afghanistan. I have friends who were drafted and sent there, and it was and is a defining period in their lives. My own service was in the time after Vietnam, when all the services were trying to figure out how to fix the damage done organizationally, and professionally.Neil Sheehan's classic about the life and times of John Paul Vann is the perfect metaphor for the American experience of the Vietnam War. His detailed account of battles (with the NVA/Viet Cong, and within the Army) and of life between those battles yields both texture and substance for the reader. And unlike many (most from my reading) other books on Vietnam, it offers the breadth of years to the story, resulting in an emotional portrait of a country's decent into madness. I will leave it to you to decide which country I'm talking about.It also is an insightful commentary on how the services function as bureaucracies and what is apparently takes to climb to the top of those giant piles. I suspect that anyone who has been in the service either in peace or at war has a very good idea of what this is, so I won't belabor the point. Reading about Westmoreland's view and opinions always seems like scraping fingernails on a blackboard to me. Learning about an individual who figured out a way to prosper within this system is always delightful, even if the underlying purpose is doubtful. I think that "working" the system is the basis for many, many sea stories.The level of detail Sheehan gives is wonderful; his style of writing is accessible without being simplistic. Whether you are interested in the politics of the American effort in Vietnam or are looking for narrative about individuals in battle, this is *the* place to start. Sheehan also gives you pointers on where to go next with his thorough notes and bibliography. This book took him years to research and write, and the precision shines through. I am grateful for his persistence, and suspect that you will be too.Enjoy, and reflect.

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