A Rumor of War Review
I read A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo, an actual veteran of the Vietnam War. This book is a true story about Philip Caputo’s service in the Vietnam War. Right off the bat, I REALLY enjoyed this book. It did not lie, and it did not cut back on details for the comfort of the reader. It was like I was actually there, with Philip Caputo. One of the most famous and interesting aspects of the Vietnam War is the political unrest it caused, such as the anti-war protests back in the U.S. In the prologue of this book, a passage makes it clear that this was not about the political aspects of the war. It states “this book does not pretend to be history. It has nothing to do with politics, power, strategy, influence, national interest, or foreign policy; nor is it an indictment of the great men who led us into Indochina and whose mistakes were paid for with the blood of some quite ordinary men. In a general sense, it is simply a story about war, about the things men do...