A Rumor Of War
by Caputo, Philip
In March 1965, Marine Lieutnant Philip J. Caputo landed in Danang with the first ground combat unit committed to fight in Vietnam. Sixteen months later, having served on the line in one of modern history's ugliest wars, he returned home - physically whole, emotionally wasted, his youthful idealism shattered. A decade later, Caputo would write in A Rumor of War, 'This is simply a story about war, about the things men do in war and the things war does to them'. It is far more then that. It is, as Theodore Solotaroff wrote in the New York Times Book Review, 'the troubled conscience of America speaking passionately, truthfully, finally'. It is the book that shattered America's deliberate indifference to the fate of the men it sent to fight in the jungles of Vietnam, and in the years since it was first published it has become a basic text on that war. But in the literature of war that stretches back to Homer, it has also taken its place as an esteemed classic to rank alongside All Quiet on the Western Front and The Naked and the Dead.
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On Mar 19, 2005, sophjacksam said
Philip Caputo's book, A Rumor of War, is great for those who have already educated themselves on the Vietnam conflict and for those who are just beginning to learn about this important part of our history. Caputo tells the tells the story from his viewpoint, as the book his based on his time in Vietnam, and it discusses the transition from a civilian to green lieutenant to a member of the anti-war movement. It is a very moving story of how normal people can do extraordinary and sometimes terrible things. Things are not always black and white. War often brings out the best and worst in those involved.
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New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston. Very Good. 1977. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. 370 pages; Contents clean and secure in original printed wrappers; wrappers toned at spine. "Complimentary Copy" "To be published in June 1977" An advance reading copy sent out to reviewers before the actual publication of the book; precedes the hardcover first edition. In March of 1965, Lieutenant Philip… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Holt Rinehard Winston, 1977. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1977 Holt, Rinehart Winston TRUE STATED FIRST EDITION of Caputo's most famous book and memoir of Vietnam. An excellent copy in VG+/VG+ condition. The HB has small bumps at the upper corners. There is very minor and sparse foxing on… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1977 Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., New York. 1977. Hardcover. Stated First Edition but has BOMC mark on rear. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; bumped head and tail; wear to title on spine. DJ: Very Good; lightly sunfaded spine; chipping at head, tail, and upper rear tip.… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Rumor of War: A Novel
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Holt Rinehart Winston, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: . Some discoloring and wear to the cloth; bumped edges, a little soiling; pages toned; a good solid book overall. The jacket is discolored and stained, chipped and torn; price intact on the front flap. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; … Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Henry Holt & Co, 1977. Soft cover. Near Fine/None Issued.
ARC - Advanced Readers Edition. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, Minimal handling wear.. A thoroughly honest view of what the experience of Vietnam meant to a young college graduate, a 'gung-ho' lieutenant in the marine corps who enlisted for the 'heroic experience' of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977. First Ed.. Hardcover. Marine Corp.. Vietnamese Conflict. Owner's signature inscribed on cover page. VVG Book, No DJ. (346 Pgs.) Item Price
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A RUMOR OF WAR
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New York: Published by Holt Rinehart & Winston, 1977. 8vo pp.xix + 346 Cream cloth hardcover in pictorial dust wrapper Very good clean copy. "Caputo's troubled, searching meditations on the love and hate of war . . . are among the most eloquent I have read in modern literature." --William Styron, The New York Review of BooksR. Item Price
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Henry Holt & Co, 1977-01-01. First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 9x6x1. Signed by Author. Signed by author on half title page. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. Dj shelf worn with scuffs, creases, small scratches, sunning & small tears repaired with tape in a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Holt Rinehart and Winston. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1977. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover fourth printing has light separation between ffep and half title page. Jacket has light toning and some wear along edges. Signed by Caputo to half title page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages; Signed by Author . Item Price
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A Rumor of War
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Henry Holt & Co, 1977. Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Signed by author on half title page. A Very Good copy in a Good dustjacket. Book has shelfwear, edgewear, and a former owner's stamp on the front endpaper; DJ has shelfwear, edgewear, creases, soiling, scattered nicks, sunning to spine, delamination issues, and chipping to top and bottom of… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Rumor of War [Signed Bookplate Laid in; Book Club Edition]
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New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977. Book Club Edition. Bookplate signed by Caputo loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 346 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Beige boards stamped in black.
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New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston [0-03-017631-X] 1977, 1st edition. (hardcover) xix, 346pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket. 8vo. Signed. First edition. Author's memoir about his service in the early years of the Vietnam war as a Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. Book is fine. Jacket, near fine, with light (tiny) markings… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Rumor of War
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Henry Holt & Co, January 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The condition of the book is Very Good. Previous owner's name and date purchased written inside front cover on first page. 'Library of...' seal of previous owner stamped into the two front endpapers. Some shelf wear with slightly bumped corners and light edgewear, but binding is… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1977. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 346 pages. Caputo's first book, a memoir of his time as a Marine in the Vietnam War. A very good copy in cloth boards with some minor wear and in an about very good dust jacket that has some edge tears and wear. Item Price
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A Rumor of War
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A RUMOR OF WAR
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NY: Picador, 2017. 1st printing thus, Aug. 2017. Trade-sized. Fortieth Anniversary Edition. Minor flaws.. Paperback. Near Fine. Item Price
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