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by Michael Herr (Author), Robert Stone (Introduction)
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Michael Herr, who wrote about the Vietnam War for Esquire magazine, gathered his years of notes from his front-line reporting and turned them into what many people consider the best account of the war to date, when published in 1977. He captured the feel of the war and how it differed from any theater of combat ever fought, as well as the flavor of the time and the essence of the people who were there. Since Dispatches was published, other excellent books have appeared on the war--may we suggest The Things They Carried, The Sorrow of War, We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young--but Herr's book was the first to hit the target head-on and remains a classic. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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American correspondent Herr's documentary recalls the heavy combat he witnessed in Vietnam as well as the obscene speech, private fears and nightmares of the soldiers. "Herr captures the almost hallucinatory madness of the war," said PW. "This is a compelling, truth-telling book with a visceral impact, its images stuck in the mind like shards from a pineapple bomb."
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Far and away the best book on Nam there is., July 6 2004
By Christopher Carter "tessios" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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Nothing esle needs to be said. I get dizzy if I read more than a page at a time. Amazing.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the best book about Vietman ever written, May 27 2004
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This review is from: Dispatches (Paperback)
I've read this book about a hundred times, and I suspect I'll continue to read it forever. The prose, the descriptions of times and places, and comrades are brilliant. Many times I've showed my wife a passage that Herr has written as an example of what great writing should read like. I've tried to capture in my readings on Vietnam what the experience must have been like, and Herr is the only author that has helped me put a framework around that. I've recommended this book well over 100 times over these past years to anyone looking for an explanation of what Vietnam was, including the lunacy and the real stories underneath the "official command" stories, This is a must read (and own).
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2.0 out of 5 stars All depends on what you're looking for, Mar 8 2004
By Ken S. (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dispatches (Paperback)
Seems like the reviewers here either absolutely hate this book or absolutely love it. I personally couldn't make it past page 75, but not because the book was bad. It definitely has the stream of consciousness feel to it, but every other sentence left me thinking I was missing something. I kept thinking this would make sense if I had been there, so that all the jargon and insider references would have some meaning. I also got the impression Herr was stoned when he wrote it, which isn't a bad thing, just that again it left guys like me, who've never come close to experiencing war, it left me out. It also didn't help that I knew Herr was a reporter. Somehow that made his insider comments and feelings, and especially the overly dranatic passages seem fake. A LRRP writing the same thing would have come across completely different.

So my recommendation would be, if your a Vietnam Vet, this book is going to have deep meaning for you. But if you're not, and you're looking to somehow experience the experiences thru first hand accounts, you won't like it. Get Rumor of War instead.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Jason Blair Herr in Nam
I'm a Nam vet who read this book carefully just after publication. I made a list of about ten downright silly errors appearing in the book. Read more
Published on April 20 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Dispatches
Michael Herr's "Dispatches" brings the Vietnam War down to its most basic level,the individual soldier and Marine, and should be on the reading list for everyone in... Read more
Published on Jan 12 2004 by David F. Ollman

5.0 out of 5 stars the best book, ever.
I used to tell people that this was the best book I've ever read. Period. And I think it still is.
Published on Dec 10 2003 by Raegan Butcher

5.0 out of 5 stars In a class of its own
Over the past 15 years I have read more books on the Vietnam war than I care to remember... but this one is in a class of its own and I come back to it time after time. Read more
Published on Oct 28 2003 by stuau

5.0 out of 5 stars Reads like a movie of Vietnam
Wow, this book compares favorably with Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried. Michael Herr covered the Vietnam conflict for Esquire Magazine, and this book is like a mamoir... Read more
Published on Sep 26 2003 by Peggy Vincent

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
Herr's 'Dispatches' is one of finest pieces of writing to come out Vietnam. I have read this multiple times and I know each time I begin it the book itself will carry me through... Read more
Published on Sep 14 2003 by Thomas Belfield

1.0 out of 5 stars Unreadable gibberish
I read the great reviews of this book, so I decided to buy it. Bad move!
I read the first 50+ pages and could take no more. Read more
Published on Jun 18 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars The Vietnam War at ground zero.
Certainly one of the most visceral descriptions of the Vietnam War. Herr dispenses with politics to get to the heart of the matter - the soldiers in the field. Read more
Published on Jun 6 2003 by James Ferguson

5.0 out of 5 stars Apocalypse Now, the book
Maybe it's because Michael Herr wrote the narration for the film, but reading Dispatches, you can't help but feel that you're getting another peek into the thoughts of Martin... Read more
Published on May 30 2003 by Joe Kenney

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth a read
A warts-and-all account of the Vietnam War. Possibly the best book on this subject in the last thirty years, Michael Herr gives us an objective look into the horror of combat... Read more
Published on May 7 2003 by jmhayes108

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