Michael Herr’s justly celebrated book of war reportage, Dispatches, ends with the words: "Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam, we’ve all been there." It is one of those enigmatic lines you might admire until some teacher requires a three-page interpretation. In truth, only a small fraction of Americans had literally been to Vietnam and most of them were GIs who might as well (...)
February 09, 2001
Books
Our Vietnam
Our VietnamThe War, 1954-1975A.J. LangguthSimon \& Schuster, $35, 766 pp.
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