A Bright Shining lie : : John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
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Includes index.
The funeral -- Going to war -- Antecedents to a confrontation -- The Battle of Ap Bac -- Taking on the system -- Antecedents to the man -- A second time around -- John Vann stays.
When he came to Vietnam in 1962, Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann was the one clear-sighted participant in an enterprise riddled with arrogance and self-deception, a charismatic soldier who put his life and career on the line in an attempt to convince his superiors that the war should be fought another way. By the time he died in 1972, Vann had embraced the follies he once decried. He died believing that the war had been won.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Random House, 1988.
Year Published: 1988
Description: 861 p. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0394484479 :
SUBJECTS
Vann, John Paul -- 1924-1972
United States. -- Army -- Officers -- Biography.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States.
Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.
Biographies.