Dispatches By (author): "Michael Herr"Genres:Nonfiction books History books Journalism books War books Publish Date: 1977 ISBN0330367412ISBN139780330367417AsinDispatchesOriginal titleDispatchesA 25th anniversary commemorative edition of Michael Herr's text on the Vietnam war. The author went to Vietnam in 1967 as correspondent for "Esquire" and writes in this book about how it was to fight in, and to survive, that war.