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A Time of War
by Michael Peterson
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- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0749307471
- ISBN 13
- 9780749307479
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About This Item
Mandarin Publishing, 1991. Standard. Paperback. Good. Outline:- The realities of a futile campaign are portrayed in this novel of the Vietnam War. The action ranges from the White House to the jungle, from the American Embassy in Saigon to the front lines. Michael Peterson has also written "The Immortal Dragon".If you`re looking for a Vietnam War novel, but you don`t want to wade in too deep, this is perfect lightweight fare. Think of it as a cross between Tom Clancy and Graham Greene (see Orrin`s review of The Quiet American) - with the civil servant as superhero trying to navigate a moral cesspool. Bradley Lawrence Marshall is the blue blood, war hero, diplomat who is sent to Vietnam as the personal emissary of President Johnson, to find a way out. In country, he meets with real figures like General Westmoreland, who tries to convince him everything is copacetic. But he also meets folks like: his driver, Corporal Mead, a decent though violent American lad of ambiguous sexuality, who is sick of the war; Lacouture, a flamboyant, Guy Burgess-like, Frenchman who sells information to all sides and loves Mead; and the insidious CIA station chief, Wilson Abbot Lord, who lives to fight the Communists and, fearing that Marshall will end the war, plots to kill him. And it`s all set against the backdrop of the Tet Offensive.The whole premise, of Johnson and a bureaucrat secretly planning an exit strategy, doesn`t withstand much scrutiny and the stereotypes and cliches run rampant. But taken on its own terms, as a sort of politico-military potboiler with only mild pretensions of addressing issues in any serious way, it succeeds pretty well. It`s certainly a more diverting read than many of the more critically acclaimed novels of the war.-> the publisher of this PAPERBACK book is Mandarin Publishing The date of this copy is 1991 booksalvation have grade it as Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- A Time of War
- Author
- Michael Peterson
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Standard
- ISBN 10
- 0749307471
- ISBN 13
- 9780749307479
- Publisher
- Mandarin Publishing
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- Fiction Crime Thriller & Mystery Thrillers
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