A review by bookhawk
Dispatches by Michael Herr

3.0

Dispatches is a good book and offers a reporter's perspective on his time in Vietnam embedded in units. Herr sometimes seems to jump around and lack organization in the telling. Perhaps he was trying to capture the chaos and lack of purpose in the war but it does not seem to be that type of literary device. The value in this book for me was the perspectives of the reporter colleagues. It is definitely worth reading if Vietnam War history has any appeal but I thought it might be better given the high average ratings. This was in the Esquire List of 75 Books Every Man in Should Read.