Dispatches

Insightful, sometimes the writing is a bit unusual and I'm not sure why. If it was directly quoted from a journal it would make sense but the entire book is more of a look-back to his experiences at the time. I was listening to the audio so maybe there is a visual clue in visual text form that would explain this.The author's view of this war reminds me alot of [a:Mick Herron 1237964 Mick Herron https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1512920134p2/1237964.jpg] and [a:John le Carré 1411964 John le Carré https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1606816199p2/1411964.jpg]'s portrayals of the ‘Cold' war. More realistic and not so glamorous as ‘Cubby' Broccoli's interpretation of [a:Ian Fleming 2565 Ian Fleming https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1364532740p2/2565.jpg]'s stories. I've not read the latter recently so not sure if Mr. Broccoli's movies are true to the portrayal of the war as the author's books or not.And I think this book is a great companion to [b:Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War 1575160 Vietnam The Ten Thousand Day War Michael Maclear https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1344492149l/1575160.SY75.jpg 1567887]'s macro view, and a similar micro / personal viewpoint to [b:Vietnam Voices: Perspectives On the War Years, 1941-1982 4285144 Vietnam Voices Perspectives On the War Years, 1941-1982 John Clark Pratt https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1291787740l/4285144.SX50.jpg 4332697].