About this title: In 1965, writer Robin Moore wanted to understand more about the little-known activities of the US Army Special Forces, known amongst themselves as the Green Berets. With presidential approval by John F Kennedy himself, Moore went to a place called Vietnam - and was never the same again. This monumental, bestselling work - the inspiration for the ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Crown Publisher, Inc., New York
Date Published: 1965
Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The book is very solid with bright, unmarked pages. A sticker is pasted to the inside of the front board. A price is written on the first end paper. The boards and spine have minor shelf wear & moderate edge wear. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: AVON
Date Published: 1966
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Text clean, pages tanning with age, spine is creased, light edgewear/ding on bottom towards back, cover creased, writing inside back cover. 333 p. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780345307477ISBN:034530747X
Description: Fair. 034530747X Mass Market Paperback, previously read used book in acceptable condition, great reading copy, fair amount of shelf wear..._ read more
"What's interesting about this text is that Moore, the author, was told he could only write about the Green Berets if he became one. So he went through training, etc, before going over. New (original?) meaning of embedded journalism? Interesting in its accepted paradigm of who has access to military events. Also in its stated fictionality--Moore claims all this stuff evokes the actual events he witnessed, but that he can't write about those things directly because to do so would be to jeopradize the men involved. One of the early novels around the Vietnam conflict."
"when choosing this book, i really was just attempting to bridge the gap between my father's insane militant career and my own pacifist belief. ok. i just wanted to know what the dude had to deal with. for some reason, i thought it would teach me more about the stuffed genes i am made of. and it did. i think."
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