A Bright Shining Lie
John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
by Neil Sheehan
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Vietnam War, Vietnam War, and Military.
This passionate, epic account of the Vietnam War centres on Lt Col John Paul Vann, whose story illuminates America's failures & disillusionment in SE Asia. A field adviser to the army when US involvement was just beginning, he quickly became appalled at the corruption of the S. Vietnamese regime, their incompetence in fighting the Communists & thei...
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Vietnam War, Vietnam War, and Military.
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