Dispatches by Michael Herr (Book Trailer)

[AdmiralCallum]

Cant hear a thing.

[myvydz]

@AdmiralCallum I'm afraid that's your disadvantage.

[ColdChicago]

Herr's book is a reminder of what has come since: wars and the rumours of wars... the Bush debacle, drones, murder, Congressional sycophancy.. the long , slow descent into NOwhere.. welcome to the show folks.

[gigiloboy]

yes

[gigiloboy]

one more thing:the conversations between Mayhew and Jim were made up

[myvydz]

@gigiloboy You mean Mayhew and Daytripper?

[gigiloboy]

i really cant remember as its been a while since i read it

[nazihunter719]

@gigiloboy I read this book thirty years ago. I can see why it was referenced by Coppola in Apocalypse Now.

[gigiloboy]

yes he does to all your questions i too thought it was a great book until i read kulik. read it

[myvydz]

@gigiloboy I should read the book, I know, but just out of immidiate curiosity how does Kulik prove his claims?

[gigiloboy]

too bad he made a lot of it up see "War stories" : false atrocity tales, swift boaters, and winter soldiers--what really happened in Vietnam / Gary Kulik.

[myvydz]

@gigiloboy Does that book specifically prove the falsification of the accounts of Michael Herr's written in Dispatches? I would guess not. Dispatches is a widely acclaimed book and a monumental work to the experiences of the soldier in the Vietnam War. Does Gary Kulik even mention Michael Herr at all? If so I would like to know more.