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Dispatches by Michael Herr
4.0

Herr was a war correspondent and this is his memoir of his time as a correspondent for Esquire magazine (1967–1969) during the Vietnam War. This is a no holds barred account of his time heavily embedded with US troops. Some incredible stories that I thought would be great to depict in a movie so I wasn't surprised to hear he helped with Apocalypse Now script. Anyone who is interested in factual a-politcal non-heroic gut wrenching account of the Vietnam war will love this.