{"product_id":"a-bright-shining-lie-neil-sheehan-9780679724148","title":"A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam (Pulitzer Prize Winner)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eO\u003c\/b\u003ene of the most acclaimed books of our time--the definitive Vietnam War exposé and the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen he came to Vietnam in 1962, Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann was the one clear-sighted participant in an enterprise riddled with arrogance and self-deception, a charismatic soldier who put his life and career on the line in an attempt to convince his superiors that the war should be fought another way. By the time he died in 1972, Vann had embraced the follies he once decried. He died believing that the war had been won. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this magisterial book, a monument of history and biography that was awarded the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction, a renowned journalist tells the story of John Vann\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\"the one irreplaceable American in Vietnam\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eand of the tragedy that destroyed a country and squandered so much of America's young manhood and resources.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neil Sheehan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679724141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679724148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.28w x 1.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Pulitzer Prize - Winner","brand":"Neil Sheehan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049842274559,"sku":"9780679724148","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ad4dce87-99a7-42e9-8532-93d4ba02ec5e.jpg?v=1685003728","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-bright-shining-lie-neil-sheehan-9780679724148","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}