{"product_id":"dispatches-1","title":"Michael Herr: Dispatches [2015] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an introduction by Kevin Powers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking piece of journalism which inspired Stanley Kubrick's classic Vietnam War film \u003ci\u003eFull Metal Jacket.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe took space back quickly, expensively, with total panic and close to maximum brutality. Our machine was devastating. And versatile. It could do everything but stop.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Herr went to Vietnam as a war correspondent for \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e. He returned to tell the real story in all its hallucinatory madness and brutality, cutting to the quick of the conflict and its seductive, devastating impact on a generation of young men. His unflinching account is haunting in its violence, but even more so in its honesty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e First published in 1977, \u003ci\u003eDispatches\u003c\/i\u003e was a revolutionary piece of new journalism that evoked the experiences of soldiers in Vietnam and has forever shaped our understanding of the conflict. It is now a seminal classic of war reportage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Herr, Michael \u0026 Powers, Kevin","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":49972440432979,"sku":"XG81447275060","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":49416787558739,"sku":"XV81447275060","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":44499603292450,"sku":"9781447275060","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/herr-michael-powers-kevin-michael-herr-dispatches-2015-paperback-58951589298515.jpg?v=1734619279","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/dispatches-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}