A bright shining lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam / Neil Sheehan
1989, Reprint. New York: Vintage Books. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #338339
ISBN: 0224026488
Physical description: 861 pages, [22] p. of plates: ill. ; 21 cm. Summary: Sheehan's tragic biography of John Paul Vann is also a sweeping history of America's seduction, entrapment and disillusionment in Vietnam. Annotation. Sheehan's tragic biography of John Paul Vann is also a sweeping history of America's seduction, entrapment and disillusionment in Vietnam. Subjects: Vann, John Paul. Vann, John Paul 1924-1972. United States Army Officers; Biography. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 United States. Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 United States. Vietnam History. Genre: Biography. Illustrated.
Price: €21.95