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Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam | Neil Sheehan, Neil Sheenan
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Fourteen years in the making, this story of a man and a war is so mesmerizing and monumentalze winner, is scheduled to appear on Good Morning America this fall. The New Yorker will feature this book in three installments this summer. 16 pages of photos, maps.
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Top 5 read all-time IMO. Not just in my literary HOF, but perhaps the 1st inductee. As complete, thorough & honest accounting of US involvement in Vietnam as you can find. Sheehan's writing style is impeccable.

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#todayinsj In 1971 the Winter Soldier Investigation began on this day. Mostly ignored by mainstream media and regularly denounced afterwards, the men at this investigation reported on the atrocities witnessed in Vietnam. It was sponsored by Vietnam Veterans Against The War.

Book linked is one of the most detailed war books I've ever read, and really illustrates what a nightmare that war must have been.

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