A Rumor of War

by Philip Caputo

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Remembering Philip Caputo, who wrote an unflinching Vietnam War memoir

An acclaimed and unflinching memoir by Philip Caputo about leading a Marine platoon during the Vietnam War, in which he confronts a disturbing truth about his own capacity for violence.

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