A Rumor of War
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A Rumor of War is a 1977 autobiography by Philip Caputo about his service in the United States Marine Corps in the early years of American involvement in the Vietnam War.
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The book focuses on Caputo's more than year long tour of duty as a platoon leader in the Da Nang area in late 1965 and early 1966.
The book is still in print.
- Publisher Comments:
- The classic Vietnam memoir, as relevant today as it was almost thirty years ago.
- In March of 1965, Marine Lieutenant Philip J. Caputo landed at Da Nang with the first ground combat unit deployed to Vietnam. Sixteen months later, having served on the line in one of modern history’s ugliest wars, he returned home—physically whole but emotionally wasted, his youthful idealism forever gone.
- A Rumor of War is more than one soldier’s story. Upon its publication in 1977, it shattered America’s indifference to the fate of the men sent to fight in the jungles of Vietnam. In the years since then, it has become not only a basic text on the Vietnam War, but also a renowned classic in the literature of wars throughout history and, as Caputo explains, of “the things men do in war and the things war does to men.” [1]
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The book was later turned into a 1980 television miniseries starring Brad Davis, Brian Dennehy and Lane Smith.
[edit] Trivia
The title of the book comes from the biblical quote, "There will be wars, and rumors of wars," from the Gospel of Matthew.
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