A Time of War

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"INTELLIGENT AND POWERFUL, A TIME OF WAR COOLD WELL BE THE BIG BOOK ABOUT VIETNAM MICHAEL PETERSON ^ HAS EXPLOSIVELY ARRIVED." ^ —Martin Cruz Smith, author of Gorky Park
Once in a generation a novelist captures the essence of a time and a place, in this richly textured and astounding hovel, Michael Peterson has written the classic story of Vietnam.
It is 1967-68, the months before the Tet Offensive. Bradley Marshall, a seasoned diplomat and veteran of two wars, is sent to Vietnam to bring back , critical information that will allow the President to overrule his military advisors—and pull American troops out of the war. As the actual battles rage around him, Marshall heads unwittingly into another, ^"»elandestine-jivar—one that will draw a CIA true believer, a
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^ young Marine, a beautiful Vietnamese girl, a decadent French ' colonial, an ex-nun and a host of fascinating characters into its deadly vortex.
From the bloodstained mud of a Marine outpost near Khe Sanh to the... Tovább

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"INTELLIGENT AND POWERFUL, A TIME OF WAR COOLD WELL BE THE BIG BOOK ABOUT VIETNAM MICHAEL PETERSON ^ HAS EXPLOSIVELY ARRIVED." ^ —Martin Cruz Smith, author of Gorky Park
Once in a generation a novelist captures the essence of a time and a place, in this richly textured and astounding hovel, Michael Peterson has written the classic story of Vietnam.
It is 1967-68, the months before the Tet Offensive. Bradley Marshall, a seasoned diplomat and veteran of two wars, is sent to Vietnam to bring back , critical information that will allow the President to overrule his military advisors—and pull American troops out of the war. As the actual battles rage around him, Marshall heads unwittingly into another, ^"»elandestine-jivar—one that will draw a CIA true believer, a
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^ young Marine, a beautiful Vietnamese girl, a decadent French ' colonial, an ex-nun and a host of fascinating characters into its deadly vortex.
From the bloodstained mud of a Marine outpost near Khe Sanh to the candle-lit ambience of Saigon's last fine French restaurant, A TIME OF WAR sweeps towards its dramatic climax bringing to vivid, compelling life the chaos, the complexities, the endless savagery, and the haunting memories of a world called Vietnam.
'A SUPREME NOVEL ABOUT A MURDEROUS, PHONEY WAR BY A MAN WHO LIVED IN ITS MIDST"
—Clive Cussler, author of Raise the Titanic Vissza