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Dispatches

Dispatches
Michael Herr

Dispatches is a New Journalism book by Michael Herr that describes the author's experiences in Vietnam as a war correspondent for Esquire magazine. First published in 1977, Dispatches was one of the first pieces of American literature that portrayed the experiences of soldiers in the Vietnam War for American readers.

“There was such a dense concentration of energy there [Vietnam], American and essentially adolescent, if that energy could have been channeled into anything more than noise, waste and pain it would have lighted up Indochina for a thousand years.”

Michael Herr book Dispatches

Dispatches (1977)

“I think that Vietnam is what we had instead of happy childhoods.”

Michael Herr book Dispatches

Dispatches (1977)

“Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, we've all been there.”

Michael Herr book Dispatches

Dispatches (1977)

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