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American Personal narratives, Vietnam War, Vietnamese Conflict, Fiction, war & military
Written on the front lines in Vietnam, *Dispatches* became an immediate classic of war reportage when it was published in 1977. 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.
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Overwhelming, bleak, relentless and meticulous.
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“There was a map of Vietnam on the wall of my apartment in Saigon and some nights, coming back late to the city, I'd lie out on my bed and look at it, too tired to do anything more than just get my boots off.”
Michael David Herr (April 13, 1940 – June 23, 2016) was an American writer and war correspondent, known as the author of *Dispatches* (1977), a memoir of his time as a correspondent for *Esquire magazine* (1967–1969) during the Vietnam War. The book was called the best "to have been written about the Vietnam War" by *The New York Times Book Review*. Novelist John le Carré called it "the best book I have ever read on men and war in our time." **Source**: [Michael Herr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Herr) on Wikipedia.
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