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Aristus

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4. "A Rumor Of War", by Philip Caputo, "Street Without Joy", by Bernard Fall, and "Chickenhawk", by Robert Mason

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat May 9, 2026, 03:42 PM

5 hrs ago

are the best Vietnam War memoirs in existence. Nothing else even comes close. Except possibly "The Short Timers", by Gustav Hasford. And there are whispers that that one was at least partially fictionalized.

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"A Rumor Of War", by Philip Caputo, "Street Without Joy", by Bernard Fall, and "Chickenhawk", by Robert Mason Aristus 5 hrs ago #4

Michael Herr's *Dispatches* on a level with all of those Prairie Gates 5 hrs ago #5

Yes, definitely. I forgot that one. Aristus 4 hrs ago #6