From the first review to the most recent assessment, critics have lavished praise on Dispatches (1977), Michael Herr's book about the Vietnam War. Major literary scholars of that war are unanimous in their judgments that this "rock 'n' roll' work of...

Michael Herr won instant recognition as a profound observer of the Vietnam War. After years of reticence on the topic, Herr reflects on the war in this interview, conducted in London conducted shortly before the Memorial Day weekend. First...

Michael Herr's 'Dispatches' and Gloria Emerson's 'Winners and Losers' present two very vivid pictures of the Vietnam War and the thin line drawn between fact and fiction. However, their approaches are very different in that Herr displays an underlying excitement and enjoyment of the...

When Paul Rieckhoff, a 30-year-old first lieutenant with the New York Army National Guard, returned in February 2004 from a year-long tour of duty in Iraq, he did a number of things: He founded an advocacy group for veterans of the wars in Iraq and...

When Paul Rieckhoff, a 30-year-old first lieutenant with the New York Army National Guard, returned in February 2004 from a year-long tour of duty in Iraq, he did a number of things: He founded an advocacy group for veterans of the wars in Iraq and...