The Nightingale's Song

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

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 09/11/1996
ISBN: 9780684826738
Pages: 544
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.53w x 1.31d

Review Citations: New York Times 09/29/1996 pg. 32
New York Times 12/08/1996 pg. 101
Publishers Weekly 09/23/1996