Eternal Return: Burying the Real Story of War
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One of the best understandings of the war in Iraq can be found in a book published 30 years ago: Dispatches, by Michael Herr, an account of his time as a correspondent in Vietnam. Most of the book deals with Herr’s experiences in the field alongside the soldiers and Marines during some of the most intensive fighting of the war, including the Tet Offensive and the siege of Khe Sanh. But at the end of the book, he offers some broader reflections, including this telling passage that reads as if it