A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam

NY: Random House. (1988). The uncorrected proof copy of his landmark volume, winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Inscribed by the author in the month of publication: "To Al Sanoff, with thanks and best wishes for success in his own work. Cheers, Neil Sheehan." Sheehan, author of The Arnheiter Affair and one of The New York Times reporters who worked on the publication of The Pentagon Papers, found in American officer/advisor John Paul Vann a cipher: through the convoluted turns of Vann's biography one can decipher the maze of American policy during the Vietnam era. An essential volume on the war. This proof copy is near fine in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. (Inventory #: 034763)