{"product_id":"dispatches-by-michael-herr","title":"Dispatches By Michael Herr","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished: 08\/08\/2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenres: Nonfiction - History - War - Memoir - Journalism - Military - Fiction - Military History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘The best book I have ever read on men and war in our time’ – John Le Carré\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe groundbreaking work of journalism which inspired Stanley Kubrick’s classic Vietnam War film,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFull Metal Jacket\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichael Herr went to Vietnam as a war correspondent for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e. He returned to tell the real story in all its hallucinatory madness and brutality, cutting to the quick of the conflict and its seductive, devastating impact on a generation of young men. His unflinching account is haunting in its violence, but even more so in its honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1977,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDispatches\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas a revolutionary piece of new journalism that evoked the experiences of soldiers in Vietnam which has forever shaped our understanding of the conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Having read\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDispatches\u003c\/i\u003e, it is difficult to convey the impact of total experience as all the facades of patriotism, heroism and the whole colossal fraud of American intervention fall away to the bare bones of fear, war and death' - William S. Burroughs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'We have all spent ten years trying to explain what happened to our heads and our lives in the decade we finally survived - but Michael Herr's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDispatches\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eputs all the rest of us in the shade' - Hunter S. Thompson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublisher information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003ePan Macmillan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eISBN:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"isbn\"\u003e9781035038947\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumber of pages:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"numberOfPages\"\u003e272\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"height\"\u003e196\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"width\"\u003e130\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"depth\"\u003e19\u003c\/span\u003e mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeight:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"weight\"\u003e190 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"inLanguage\"\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Starlight Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53280130007353,"sku":null,"price":22.0,"currency_code":"IQD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0951\/4624\/6457\/files\/91wIYf-7-aL._SL1500.jpg?v=1778435804","url":"https:\/\/starlightlibrary.shop\/products\/dispatches-by-michael-herr","provider":"Starlight Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}