{"product_id":"the-real-war-the-classic-reporting-on-the-vietnam-war-paperback","title":"The Real War: The Classic Reporting on the Vietnam War - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Schell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Schell's extraordinary on-the-scene writing about Vietnam has stood the test of time in our continuing attempt to understand how and why the United States went to war-and how and why it lost. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"The Village of Ben Suc\" written \"with skill that many a veteran reporter will envy\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e), Schell recounts how American forces destroyed a village caught up in the largest American military operation of the war-he flies into Ben Suc in the attack helicopters, follows the assault on the village, and describes the fate of the villages after they have been taken to refugee camps. In \"Military Half,\" Schell describes the destruction of two entire provinces in South Vietnam by American bombing and ground operations-he flies in the air-control planes that guide the bombing and provides firsthand accounts of the runs and their results. In \"Real War,\" Schell offers a personal look back at the war he reported decades before. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Real War\u003c\/i\u003e is without equal in re-creating the sights, the sounds, and the feel of Vietnam. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If, years from now, Americans are willing to read any books about the war, let them be \u003ci\u003eThe Village of Ben Suc\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Military Half\u003c\/i\u003e by Jonathan Schell. They tell everything.\" -Gloria Emerson\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJONATHAN SCHELL \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1943 in New York City, where he still lives. His previous books are \u003ci\u003eHistory in Sherman Park, \u003c\/i\u003ean account of two voters in the 1984 presidential election; \u003ci\u003eThe Abolition; The Fate of the Earth; \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Time of Illusion.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 408\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 8.55 x 5.55 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 12, 1988\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47377918951602,"sku":"9780394755502","price":21.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/62a68f1651c1478285b2159ef67c6ef0.webp?v=1777737807","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-real-war-the-classic-reporting-on-the-vietnam-war-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}