A Rumor of War : The Classic Vietnam Memoir (40th Anniversary Edition) (Paperback)

from johnwbeha

I think I have read this back in the eighties; but I am not sure. But reading it [again] was no hardship. This is certainly one of the masterpieces to emerge from the Vietnam War. The core of the book takes place in the early days of the war, when the US troops move from advisors to combatants. I...

from SigmundFraud

Awesome. Spellbinding. Frightening. Such is the war memoir A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo who served in Vietnam as a young lad in 1965. As someone who has never been in the army let alone war this memoir is an eye opener, albeit a frightening one. I don't recall being opposed to the Vietnam War ...

from TimBazzett

A RUMOR OF WAR, by Philip Caputo. This is a RE-read for me. I first read Caputo's Vietnam war memoir more than 35 years ago, in a mass market paperback edition, when it was still a pretty new book. Then it was just a very popular and bestselling book. This time I read it in a 1996 Holt Paperback ...

from Beavs

Probably my favorite book of all time.

from sweetmarie9

I read this book for a US history course in college. It has since become one of my favorite books. Very visual - one of those books that just pulls you in.