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Learn moreRobert 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.
Robert Timberg, an award-winning Washington journalist, is a 1964 Naval Academy graduate and Marine veteran of Vietnam. He was the Baltimore Sun’s White House correspondent during the Reagan years.
Patrick Lawlor, an award-winning narrator, is also an accomplished stage actor, director, and combat choreographer. He has worked extensively off Broadway and has been an actor and stuntman in both film and television. He has been an Audie Award finalist multiple times and has garnered several AudioFile Earphones Awards, a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award, and many starred audio reviews from Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews.
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“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 The Nightingale’s Song.”
“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.”
“Engrossing…takes a close look at the intersecting careers of five politically powerful Americans haunted by the legacy of the Vietname War.”
“Compelling and informative, the book is a unique look at well-known events and offers insights into a generation like no other.”
“In Timberg’s telling of their specific combat experiences, insightful angles on their subsequent careers emerge…A well-researched and well-written account of five interesting lives.”
“A sprawling, passionate account…Timberg uses the stories of five men…to chronicle America’s loss of innocent faith in itself and the consequences of that loss for a generation.”
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