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littlesophie 's review for:
Dispatches
by Michael Herr
A real marvel of a book, especially the first part is a breathtaking, stylistically ambitious attempt to describe the hellish experience of war.
The book was especially fascinating for me after having recently read "The Unwomanly Face of War" by Swetlana Alexeiewitch, which tries to describe the female experience of war. In contrast, Herr's book has an exclusively male point of view and pays hommage to such typical war tropes as unconditional friendship, the hightened mode of existence and the precise movements of troops.
Not only an astonishing, honest look at the madness of the Vietnam War, but also on war in general and about the men it creates.
The book was especially fascinating for me after having recently read "The Unwomanly Face of War" by Swetlana Alexeiewitch, which tries to describe the female experience of war. In contrast, Herr's book has an exclusively male point of view and pays hommage to such typical war tropes as unconditional friendship, the hightened mode of existence and the precise movements of troops.
Not only an astonishing, honest look at the madness of the Vietnam War, but also on war in general and about the men it creates.