About the Book

The classic Vietnam memoir, as relevant today as it was almost thirty years ago.
In March of 1965, Marine Lieutenent Philip J. Caputo landed at Da Nang with the first ground combat unit deployed to Vietnam. Sixteen months later, having served on the line in one of modern history's ugliest wars, he returned home--physically whole but emotionally wasted, his youthful idealism forever gone.
"A Rumor of War" is more than one soldier's story. Upon its publication in 1977, it shattered America's indifference to the fate of the men sent to fight in the jungles of Vietnam. In the years since then, it has become not only a basic text on the Vietnam War but also a renowned classic in the literature of wars throughout history and, as Caputo explains, of "the things men do in war and the things war does to men."
"A singular and marvelous work." --"The New York Times"

Product Details

Media: Paperback Book, 356 pages

Language: English

Publisher: Henry Holt & Company

Edition: Unknown

ISBN-10: 080504695X

Publication Date: Nov. 15th, 1996

ISBN-13: 9780805046953

Dimensions: 5.60 x 8.24 x 1.05 inches

Shipping Weight: 0.80 lbs

• Categories: Military Biographies & Military Autobiographies Vietnam War History