A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo was first published in 1977 and was immediately acclaimed in many reviews as a superbly written account of one man’s experience of the Vietnam War. It will be seen that not only was the Vietnam War, because of a unique set of circumstances, very different in many respects from earlier wars, but also that it had a life-changing effect on Caputo: he departed for the war keen and eager for battle, but returned as a total opponent of the war.
According to Caputo, how was the Vietnam War different from earlier wars, such as World War II?
The Vietnam War, according to Caputo, differed in six major ways from the earlier wars, ...