gadabyte reviewed A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan
Chronicles the military career of Lt. Col. John Paul Vann, profiling his military and civilian …
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5 stars
The middle section of the book that focused only on Vann and his upbringing was a bit of a slog for me (a necessary one, given the nature of the book), but the parts that focused on the war were exceptional.