Dispatches

By Michael Herr

Dispatches - Michael Herr
  • Release Date: 1977-10-12
  • Genre: History
Score: 4
4
From 117 Ratings

Description

"The best book to have been written about the Vietnam War" (The New York Times Book Review); an instant classic straight from the front lines.

From its terrifying opening pages to its final eloquent words, Dispatches makes us see, in unforgettable and unflinching detail, the chaos and fervor of the war and the surreal insanity of life in that singular combat zone. Michael Herr’s unsparing, unorthodox retellings of the day-to-day events in Vietnam take on the force of poetry, rendering clarity from one of the most incomprehensible and nightmarish events of our time.

Dispatches is among the most blistering and compassionate accounts of war in our literature.

Reviews

  • Dispatches

    1
    By TLJ53
    While I thing I would have liked the subject, I did not care for the way it was written. Too choppy, may just have been the lingo used during that period. I quit reading after two chapters.
  • Phenomenal book

    5
    By SpiffyWendigo
    Fantastic book, a must-read if you have any interest in the Vietnam War. It’s right up there with Hell In A Small Place. This is money well spent.
  • Dispatches

    5
    By riffian666
    Best book on Vietnam, period. Buy this, you will not be disappointed!!!