A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam

This passionate, epic account of the Vietnam War centres on Lt Col John Paul Vann, whose story illuminates America's failures & disillusionment in SE Asia. A field adviser to the army when US involvem…

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