A bright shining lie: (Record no. 42586)
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fixed length control field | 00788cam a2200145 4500 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 0712666567 (pbk.): |
Terms of availability | 12.50 UK |
100 #1 - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | SHEEHAN Neil |
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | A bright shining lie: |
Remainder of title | John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London: |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Pimlico, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1998 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | 861p. |
520 #3 - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | The story of the Vietnam War presented through the life of John Paul Vann who arrived in Vietnam in 1962 as a Lt Col, became disillusioned by the South Vietnamese atrocities and American arrogance and corruption, and resigned from the U.S. Army. He returned the vietnam as a civilian in the pacification programme. He became the first American civilian to hold a general's command and was killed in action in 1972. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | JOHN PAUL VANN |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | VIETNAM WAR |
945 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) | |
i | 0007816 |
r | Y |
s | Y |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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Dewey Decimal Classification | Mindef Library & Info Centre | Mindef Library & Info Centre | On-Shelf | 13/10/1998 | 2 | 959.7043092 SHE | 0007816 | 27/04/2011 | 1 | 03/01/2024 | Book |