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The Nightingale's Song by Robert Timberg

The Nightingale's Song

Robert Timberg

Free Press · Print & ebook · September 11, 1996

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Genres
Vietnam War History, Military Lives, Political Lives
Published
Free Press, September 11, 1996

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About this book

Robert Timberg weaves together the lives of Annapolis graduates John McCain, James Webb, Oliver North, Robert McFarlane, and John Poindexter to reveal how the Vietnam War continues to haunt America. Casting all five men as metaphors for a legion of well-meaning if ill-starred warriors, Timberg probes the fault line between those who fought the war and those who used money, wit, and connections to avoid battle.

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A riveting tale that illuminates the flip side of the fabled Vietnam generation -- those who went.

Why It Clicks

Come here for

  • history pick adjacency
  • Vietnam-era political/military arc

Expect

  • sustained narrative read
  • Vietnam to Iraq-era context

Where it sits

Vietnam War History93%
Military Lives59%
Political Lives29%

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Publisher categories

  • Politics & Government
  • World Politics
  • Asian Politics
Authors
Robert Timberg
Publisher
Free Press
Published
September 11, 1996
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Politics & Government