{"product_id":"9780684826738","title":"The Nightingale's Song","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Nightingale's Song\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Robert Timberg\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Timberg weaves together the lives of Annapolis graduates John McCain, James Webb, Oliver North, Robert McFarlane, and John Poindexter to reveal how the Vietnam War continues to haunt America. Casting all five men as metaphors for a legion of well-meaning if ill-starred warriors, Timberg probes the fault line between those who fought the war and those who used money, wit, and connections to avoid battle. A riveting tale that illuminates the flip side of the fabled Vietnam generation -- those who went.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003eMark Shields \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e If you want to read a terrific book about courage and cowardice, honor and betrayal, suffering and death, and the indomitability of the human spirit, get \u003ci\u003eThe Nightingale's Song.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMike Barnicle \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e This is an amazing piece of work that could make you cry over descriptions of bravery so bold and so big...It is about the soul of a nation...This is a stunning book.\u003cbr\u003eDavid Halberstam author of \u003ci\u003eThe Best and the Brightest\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Nightingale's Song...\u003c\/i\u003e has an almost hypnotic authority all its own and belongs on the same shelf as those classics of the Vietnam War, Neil Sheehan's \u003ci\u003eA Bright Shining Lie,\u003c\/i\u003e Philip Caputo's \u003ci\u003eA Rumor of War,\u003c\/i\u003e and Harold G. Moore and Joseph Galloway's \u003ci\u003eWe Were Soldiers Once...and Young.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780684826738\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Free Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40896194707662,"sku":"9780684826738","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_66ce8711-8128-40b9-a610-fa977f20cb9f.jpg?v=1646693014","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780684826738","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}