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A Rumor of War: First Editionby Caputo, Philip
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Description00206: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977 1977 FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING HARDCOVER. 'First Edition' stated on copyright page, $10.00 list price on dust jacket flap. Light stain on top dust jacket corner causes slight transfer to cover corner, two 1" dust jacket tears, dust jacket spine faded, light cover & dust jacket wear. "The extraordinary betseller that provides a close-up look unlike any other, at the American experience in Vietnam. Powerful, vivid, compassionate, and heartbreaking, here is a very personal and yet universal grunt's-eye-view of the hopeless brutality and the ultimate, and seemingly endless horror where men and governments sacrificed their morality and the souls of their nation." CONTENTS: Prologue; The Splendid Little War; The Officer in Charge of the Dead; In Death's Grey Land; Epilogue.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 2. y. |
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Book summaryThis powerful memoir chronicles Caputo's hitch in Vietnam as a Marine lieutenant, describing his transformation from an idealistic young soldier into a ruthless killer, and then to a cynical critic of war's sickening waste and madness. Similar books from this booksellerFrom this bookseller's History & Biography catalog.
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