Michael David Herr (April 13, 1940 – June 23, 2016) was an American writer and war correspondent, known as the author of Dispatches (1977), a memoir of his time as a correspondent for Esquire magazine (1967–1969) during the Vietnam War. The book was called the best "to have been written about the Vietnam War" by The New York Times Book Review. Novelist John le Carré called it "the best book I have ever read on men and war in our time."
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American war correspondent, screenwriter (1940-2016)
| Born | 13 Apr 1940 |
| Died | 23 Jun 2016 |
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American war correspondent, screenwriter (1940-2016)
| Born | 13 Apr 1940 |
| Died | 23 Jun 2016 |
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Biography, Kubrick, stanley, 1928-1999, Motion picture producers and directors, New York Times reviewed, Africa, east, history, Africa, ethnic relations, American Personal narratives, Arab Medicine, Corresponsales de guerra, Early works to 1800, Fiction, Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, general, Fiction, men's adventure, Fiction, sagas, Fiction, war & military, Genocide, Guerra del Vietnam, 1961-1975, Hawaii, fiction, Health, Herr, michael, Human rights, africa, Journalists, Journalists, fiction, Narración cuentosTime
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- OLID: OL4585329A
- GoodReads: 2996
- ISNI: 0000000110384325
- IMDb: nm0380282
- Library of Congress Names: n00022836
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): BVEV009279
- VIAF: 12309828
- Wikidata: Q937835
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q937835
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- Michael David Herr
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