What is "Dispatches" by Michael Herr about?

Answer by  LJR (121)

Michael Herr wrote Dispatches about his time in Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Herr's book is laid out in a "new journalistic" style, i.e., setting up scenes in order to place the context of the interviews he did with soldiers in Vietnam.

Answer by  xela (349)

Dispatches describes the author's experience as a war correspondent for Esquire magazine during the Vietnam War. The book is known for being the most honest account of what really took place in the lives of the soldiers in Vietnam at a time when many soldiers refused to talk about the war.