Книга: Philip Caputo «A Rumor Of War»
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In March 1965, Marine Lieutnant Philip J. Caputo landed in Danang with the first ground combat unit committed to gith in Vietnam. Sixteen months later, having served on the line in one of modern history's ugliest wars, he returned home - physically whole, emotionally wasted, his youthful idealism shattered. A decade later, Caputo would write in A Rumor of War, "This is simply a story about war, about the things men do in war and the things war does to them" . It is far more then that. It is, a Theodore Solotaroff wrote in the New York Times Book Review, "the troubled conscience of America speaking passionately, truthfully, finally" . It is the book that shattered America's deliberate indifference to the fact of the men it sent to fight in the jungles of Vietnam, and in the years since it was first published it has become a basic text on that war. But in the literature of war that stretches back to Homer, it has also taken its place as an esteemed classic to rank alongside All Quiet on... Издательство: "Pimlico" (2009) Формат: 135x215, 386 стр.
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Philip Caputo
Philip Caputo (born
Caputo was born in
In 1965, as an infantry lieutenant in the
After serving three years in the Corps, Caputo began a career in journalism, joining the staff of the "
In 1972, Caputo was part of a writing team that won the
Bibliography
Books by Philip Caputo
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*"Horn of Africa" (1980)
*"Delcorso's Gallery" (1983)
*"Indian Country" (1987)
*"Means of Escape" (1991)
*"Equation for Evil" (1996)
*"Exiles" (1997)
*"The Voyage" (1999)
*"Ghosts of Tsavo: stalking the mystery lions of East Africa" (2002)
*"Means of Escape: A War Correspondent's Memoir of Life and Death in Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Vietnam" (2002)
*"In the Shadows of the Morning: Essays On Wild Lands, Wild Waters, and a Few Untamed People" (2004)
*"Acts of Faith" (2005)
*"Ten Thousand Days of Thunder: A History of the Vietnam War" (2005)
*"13 Seconds: A Look Back at the Kent State Shootings" (2005)
External links
* [http://wiredforbooks.org/philipcaputo/ 1987 interview with Philip Caputo] by
* [http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/events/2005-06-10-philipCaputo.jsp Interview] on "Acts of Faith" at the
Источник: Philip Caputo
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| Philip Caputo | A Rumor Of War | In March 1965, Marine Lieutnant Philip J. Caputo landed in Danang with the first ground combat unit committed to gith in Vietnam. Sixteen months later, having served on the line in one of modern… — Pimlico, (формат: 135x215, 386 стр.) Подробнее... | 2009 | 1699 | бумажная книга |
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