| A Rumor of War: The Classic Vietnam Memoir Anniversary Edition Contributor(s): Caputo, Philip (Author), Powers, Kevin (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1250117127 ISBN-13: 9781250117120 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Military - History | Military - Vietnam War - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.70 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian - Chronological Period - 1960's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The 40th anniversary edition of the classic Vietnam memoir--featured in the PBS documentary series The Vietnam War by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick--with a new foreword by Kevin Powers In March of 1965, Lieutenant Philip J. Caputo landed at Danang with the first ground combat unit deployed to Vietnam. Sixteen months later, having served on the line in one of modern history's ugliest wars, he returned home--physically whole but emotionally wasted, his youthful idealism forever gone. A Rumor of War is far more than one soldier's story. Upon its publication in 1977, it shattered America's indifference to the fate of the men sent to fight in the jungles of Vietnam. In the years since then, it has become not only a basic text on the Vietnam War but also a renowned classic in the literature of wars throughout history and, as the author writes, of the things men do in war and the things war does to them. Heartbreaking, terrifying, and enraging. It belongs to the literature of men at war. --Los Angeles Times Book Review |
Contributor Bio(s): Caputo, Philip: - Philip Caputo is an award-winning journalist--the cowinner of a Pulitzer Prize--and the author of many works of fiction and nonfiction, including A Rumor of War, one of the most highly praised books of the twentieth century. His novels include Acts of Faith, The Voyage, Horn of Africa, and Crossers. His book, The Longest Road, was a New York Times bestseller. He and his wife, Leslie Ware, divide their time between Norwalk, Connecticut, and Patagonia, Arizona.Powers, Richard: - Richard Powers is the author of several novels, including The Echo Maker (FSG, 2006), which won the National Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Powers has received a MacArthur Fellowship, a Lannan Literary Award, and the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Historical Fiction. He lives in Illinois.Caputo, Philip: - Philip Caputo is an award-winning journalist--the co-winner of a Pulitzer Prize--and the author of many works of fiction and nonfiction, including A Rumor of War, one of the most highly praised books of the twentieth century. His book, The Longest Road, was a New York Times bestseller. His novels include Acts of Faith, The Voyage, Horn of Africa, Crossers, and Some Rise by Sin. He and his wife, Leslie Ware, divide their time between Norwalk, Connecticut, and Patagonia, Arizona. |