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<p>sheehan's Tragic Biography Of John Paul Vann Is Also A Sweeping History Of America's Seduction, Entrapment And Disillusionment In Vietnam.<br><br><br><i>from The Trade Paperback Edition.</i></p> <h3>publishers Weekly</h3> <p>killed In A Helicopter Crash In Vietnam In 1972, Controversial Lt. Col. John Paul Vann Was Perhaps The Most Outspoken Army Field Adviser To Criticize The Way The War Was Being Waged. Appalled By The South Vietnamese Troops' Unwillingness To Fight And Their Random Slaughter Of Civilians, He Flouted His Supervisors And Leaked His Sharply Pessimistic (and, As It Turned Out, Accurate) Assessments To The U.s. Press Corps In Saigon. Among Them Was Sheehan, A Reporter For Upi And Later The New York Times (for Whom He Obtained The Pentagon Papers). Sixteen Years In The Making, Writing And Re Search, This Compelling 768-page Biography Is An Extraordinary Feat Of Reportage: An Eloquent, Disturbing Portrait Of A Man Who In Many Ways Personified The U.s. War Effort. Blunt, Idealistic, Patronizing To The Vietnamese, Vann Firmly Believed The U.s. Could Win; As Sheehan Limns Him, He Was Ultimately Caught Up In His Own Illusions. The Author Weaves Into One Unified Chronicle

Author

Neil Sheehan

Publisher

Modern Library

Published

1988

Language

EN

ISBN

9780679643616

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

4.6 / 5 (1,445 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14