NMLP P-022493 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-04

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

Neil Sheehan · Random House · 1988

Book-club copies lack the printed jacket price, may carry a rear-board blindstamp, and omit the stated 'First Edition'. The 'First Edition' line, the Random House line stopping at '2', and the priced jacket identify the trade first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Book-club / reprint tell NMLP P-022493 for "A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam" by Neil Sheehan (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-022493, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).