{"product_id":"dear-america-9780393323047","title":"Dear America","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore than twenty-five years after the official end of the Vietnam War, \u003cem\u003eDear America\u003c\/em\u003e allows us to witness the war firsthand through the eyes of the men and women who served in Vietnam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of more than 200 letters, they share their first impressions of the rigours of life in the bush, their longing for home and family, their emotions over the conduct of the war, and their ache at the loss of a friend in battle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePoignant in their rare honesty, the letters from Vietnam are \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\"riveting,...extraordinary by [their] very ordinariness...for the most part, neither deep nor philosophical, only very, very human\"\u003c\/span\u003e (Los Angeles Times).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRevealing the complex emotions and daily realities of fighting in the war, these close accounts offer a powerful, uniquely personal portrait of the many faces of Vietnam's veterans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver 100,000 copies sold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000588321004,"sku":"9780393323047","price":73.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/311353482328.jpg?v=1763287401","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/dear-america-9780393323047","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}