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By: Michael Herr
Narrated by: Ray Porter
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"The best book to have been written about the Vietnam War" (The New York Times Book Review); an instant classic straight from the front lines.

From its terrifying opening pages to its final eloquent words, Dispatches makes us see, in unforgettable and unflinching detail, the chaos and fervor of the war and the surreal insanity of life in that singular combat zone. Michael Herr’s unsparing, unorthodox retellings of the day-to-day events in Vietnam take on the force of poetry, rendering clarity from one of the most incomprehensible and nightmarish events of our time.

Dispatches is among the most blistering and compassionate accounts of war in our literature. Asia Southeast Asia Wars & Conflicts Vietnam War Military & War Military Emotionally Gripping Biographies & Memoirs
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“The best book I have ever read on men and war in our time.” —John le Carré

“In the great line of Crane, Orwell, and Hemingway . . . Herr reaches an excruciating level of intensity . . . He seems to have brought to this book the ear of a musician and the eye of a painter . . . The premier war correspondence of Vietnam.” —The Washington Post

" . . . Dispatches puts the rest of us in the shade."
—Hunter S. Thompson

Vivid Writing • Raw Authenticity • Fantastic Narration • Graphic Detail • Emotional Depth • Compelling Language

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incredible and vivid recounting of a defining event in American being. RIP to a legend who just wanted to be am Oscar Meyer wiener

fantastic recollection

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Great description of the war. Episodic and full of arresting images and people.
Captures the chaos.

Brilliant reader.

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Dispatches is the most beautifully written book about the horrors of war. This reading does the content justice. I would absolutely recommend it.

A remarkable performance of a remarkable book.

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I can’t recommend this audiobook enough. Fantastic vivid writing. Do yourself a favor and listen to it! Best book about the war that I’ve read.

Amazing!

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I struggle to give coherent words in praise. please read or listen. My Dad was there I've tried to infer about his experiences there. Herr fills in some of the blanks, with eloquent , frightening detail.

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