"USA." . . "Vietnamese Conflict - 1961-1975 - United States." . . "Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 - United States." . "Corresponsales de guerra." . . "Rogers D. Spotswood Collection." . . "Biografier" . . . . . "Fiction"@en . . . . "Chronicles the military career of Lt. Col. John Paul Vann, profiling his military and civilian roles in the Vietnam War."@en . . . . "A bright shining lie"@en . "A bright shining lie" . . "A Bright shinning Lie : John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam" . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . . . . "A Bright shining lie : John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam"@en . "A Bright shining lie : John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam" . "A Bright Shining Lie John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam"@en . . . . . . . . "The Battle of Ap Bac from a bright and shining lie"@en . "Biographie" . . . . "Sheehan's tragic biography of John Paul Vann is also a sweeping history of America's seduction, entrapment and disillusionment in Vietnam. Annotation. Sheehan's tragic biography of John Paul Vann is also a sweeping history of America's seduction, entrapment and disillusionment in Vietnam." . "A bright shining lie : John Paul Vann and America"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "An eBook short. In the opening years of the Vietnam War, a small group of American military advisors and their South Vietnamese allies were facing down the Viet Cong. The confident Americans were there to do what seemed elementary: help the South Vietnamese army defeat a ragtag guerrilla enemy. They were assured of swift success. But one officer, John Paul Vann, saw darker omens for the future'and in the Battle of Ap Bac, the Viet Cong proved him correct. Encapsulating the great terrors, mistakes, ironies, and courageous acts of the Vietnam War, \"The Battle of Ap Bac\" recounts the clash in which the Viet Cong first won their spurs. It is an exciting, terrifying, fast-paced portrait of close-contact warfare in the rice paddies, the story of John Vann's attempt to singlehandedly change the terms of battle and avoid the relentless killing grounds of Vietnam that lay ahead. A key selection from Neil Sheehan's masterpiece, A Bright Shining Lie'which remains the preeminent history of the Vietnam War'it offers a prescient warning for current conflicts between powerful forces and underestimated foes."@en . . . . . . . . . . . "A bright and shining lie"@en . . . . . "In this magisterial book, a monument of history and biography that was awarded the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction, renowned journalist Neil Sheehan tells the story of Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann?\"the one irreplaceable American in Vietnam\"?and of the tragedy that destroyed that country and the lives of so many Americans.Outspoken and fearless, John Paul Vann arrived in Vietnam in 1962, full of confidence in America's might and right to prevail. A Bright Shining Lie reveals the truth about the war in Vietnam as it unfolded before Vann's eyes: the arrogance and professional corruption of the U.S. military system of the 1960s, the incompetence and venality of the South Vietnamese army, the nightmare of death and destruction that began with the arrival of the American forces. Witnessing the arrogance and self-deception firsthand, Vann put his life and career on the line in an attempt to convince his superiors that the war should be fought another way. But by the time he died in 1972, Vann had embraced the follies he once decried. He went to his grave believing that the war had been won.A haunting and critically acclaimed masterpiece, A Bright Shining Lie is a timeless account of the American experience in Vietnam?a work that is epic in scope, piercing in detail, and told with the keen understanding of a journalist who was actually there. Neil Sheehan' s classic serves as a stunning revelation for all who thought they understood the war.From the Hardcover edition."@en . . . . . . . . . . . "A bright shining lie John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam" . "A bright shining lie John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam"@en . . . . "When he came to Vietnam in 1962, Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann was the one clear-sighted participant in an enterprise riddled with arrogance and self-deception, a charismatic soldier who put his life and career on the line in an attempt to convince his superiors that the war should be fought another way. 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