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Neil Sheehan • 14 Items / 5 Books, 9 Articles
A Bright Shining Lie (1988)
by Neil Sheehan
John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
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Published Reviews
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    United States (Review)
    R.B. Smith
    A Bright Shining Lie, by Neil Sheehan
    1. A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan
    The American Historical Review, October 1990, p. 1322
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    A Soldier's Story (Review)
    Taylor Branch
    John Paul Vann's one-man war against the Viet Cong and the Pentagon symbolizes all that...
    1. A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan
    The Washington Monthly, October 1988, pp. 39-44
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    Heart of Darkness (Review)
    Murray Kempton
    A Bright Shining Lie, by Neil Sheehan
    1. A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan
    The New York Review of Books, November 24, 1988, pp. 26-29
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    Front Man (Review)
    Richard Holbrooke
    A Bright Shining Lie, by Neil Sheehan
    1. A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan
    The New Republic, October 24, 1988, pp. 32-35
  5. Books, Arts & Manners
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    Out of Control (Review)
    Peter Brimelow
    A Bright Shining Lie, by Neil Sheehan
    1. A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan
    National Review, March 10, 1989, pp. 46-48
  6. Books
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    Bright Shining Lies and the Liars Who Told Them (Review)
    Leo Cawley
    A Bright Shining Lie, by Neil Sheehan
    1. A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan
    The Monthly Review, April 1989, pp. 52-57
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    Glowing Denunciations from the Free-Fire Zone (Review)
    Andrew Galarneau
    A Bright Shining Lie, by Neil Sheehan
    1. A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan
    In These Times, February 8, 1989, p. 21
  8. Books
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    The search for a final absolution (Review)
    Don Luce
    A Bright Shining Lie, by Neil Sheehan
    1. A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan
    Commonweal, February 10, 1989, p. 82
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    Manifest Perdition (Review)
    George Russell
    A Bright Shining Lie, by Neil Sheehan
    1. A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan
    Commentary, February 1989, pp. 78-82
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    A Bright Shining Liar (Review)
    Russ Braley
    A Bright Shining Lie, by Neil Sheehan
    1. A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan
    Chronicles, May 1989, pp. 29-31
  11. Current Books
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    One Man's War (Review)
    Jay Tolson
    A Bright Shining Lie, by Neil Sheehan
    1. A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan
    The Wilson Quarterly, Winter 1989, pp. 118-119
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    Recent Books on International Relations (15 Reviews)
    Gaddis Smith
    The United States
    1. A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan
    2. In Quest of National Security by Zbigniew Brzezinski and Marin Strmecki
    3. Inside the National Security Council by Constantine C. Menges
    4. Perilous Statecraft by Michael A. Ledeen
    5. Liberty Under Siege by Walter Karp
    6. Waging Peace and War by Thomas J. Schoenbaum
    7. Johnson, Nixon, and the Doves by Melvin Small
    8. Remembering America by Richard N. Goodwin
    9. JFK: History of an Image by Thomas Brown
    10. Goldwater by Barry M. Goldwater and Jack Casserly
    11. The Proud Decades by John Patrick Diggins
    12. Alternatives to Anarchy by Wesley T. Wooley
    13. The Life of Herbert Hoover: The Humanitarian, 1914-1917 by George H. Nash
    14. Stark Decency by Allen V. Koop
    15. Troublesome Border by Oscar J. Martinez
    Foreign Affairs, Winter 1988, pp. 181-183