Books by Michael Herr

With an introduction by Kevin Powers.A groundbreaking piece of journalism which inspired Stanley Kubrick's classic Vietnam War film Full Metal Jacket.We took space back quickly, expensively, with total panic and close to maximum brutality. Our machine was devastating. And versatile. It could do everything but stop.Michael Herr went to Vietnam as a war correspondent for Esquire. He returned to tell the real story in all its hallucinatory madness and brutality, cutting to the quick of the conflict and its seductive, devastating impact on a generation of young men. His unflinching account is haunting in its violence, but even more so in its honesty. First published in 1977, Dispatches was a revolutionary piece of new journalism that evoked the experiences of soldiers in Vietnam and has forever shaped our understanding of the conflict. It is now a seminal classic of war reportage.

The Pono family is off on a cruise following their recent Vegas vacation. But their peaceful cruise is interrupted by murder and jewel thieves. While the family enjoys their cruise ship, back home a group of Hawaiians seeking sovereignty try to bring the power of their ancestors back to the islands. Old enemies surface and join with new foes. Koakane and Teri move their relationship forward.