NMLP P-022492 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam

Neil Sheehan · Random House · 1988

US Random House is the true first, preceding the UK (Jonathan Cape) edition. Won the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and the 1988 National Book Award for Nonfiction.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-022492 for "A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam" by Neil Sheehan (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-022492, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).