A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam Condition:Good Drawing on numerous firsthand accounts

Drawing on numerous firsthand accounts and public records

With the romance of "Twilight"

and achievement The element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion

Imbued on every page with Frank McCourt's astounding humor and compassion

religious and cultural history

A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam Condition:Good Drawing on numerous firsthand accountsThis passionate, epic account of the Vietnam War centers on Lt Col John Paul Vann, whose story illuminates America's failures and disillusionment in Southeast Asia. A field adviser to the army when US involvement was just beginning, he quickly became appalled at the corruption of the South Vietnamese regime, their incompetence in fighting the Communists, and their brutal alienation of their own people. Finding his superiors too blinded by political