| The Nightingale's Song Contributor(s): Timberg, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0684826739 ISBN-13: 9780684826738 Publisher: Free Press OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1996 Annotation: Robert Timberg weaves together the lives of five well-known naval Academy graduates to reveal how the Vietnam War continues to haunt America. "This is an amazing piece of work that could make you cry over descriptions of bravery so bold and so big that you wonder how our country deserves such men. . . . It is about the soul of a nation".--Mike Barnicle, The Boston Globe Books. photo insert. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Political Science | International Relations - General - History | Military - Vietnam War |
| Dewey: 327.73 |
| LCCN: 95003446 |
| Physical Information: 1.31" H x 5.53" W x 8.5" (1.14 lbs) 544 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1960's - Chronological Period - 1970's - Chronological Period - 1980's - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Robert Timberg weaves together the lives of Annapolis graduates John McCain, James Webb, Oliver North, Robert McFarlane, and John Poindexter to reveal how the Vietnam War continues to haunt America. Casting all five men as metaphors for a legion of well-meaning if ill-starred warriors, Timberg probes the fault line between those who fought the war and those who used money, wit, and connections to avoid battle. A riveting tale that illuminates the flip side of the fabled Vietnam generation -- those who went. |
Contributor Bio(s): Timberg, Robert: - Robert Timberg is the author of The Nightingale's Song and John McCain, An American Odyssey. He served with the First Marine Division in South Vietnam from March 1966 to February 1967. He has worked at The Baltimore Sun for three decades as a reporter, editor and White House correspondent. Currently deputy chief of the Sun's Washington bureau, he lives in Bethesda, Md. |
