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Michael David Herr [1] (April 13, 1940 – June 23, 2016) was an American writer and war correspondent, known as the author of Dispatches (1977), a memoir of his time as a correspondent for Esquire (1967–1969) during the Vietnam War.
Dispatches is a New Journalism book by Michael Herr that describes the author's experiences in Vietnam as a war correspondent for Esquire magazine. First published in 1977, Dispatches was one of the first pieces of American literature that portrayed the experiences of soldiers in the Vietnam War for American readers.
The novel was adapted into the film Full Metal Jacket (1987), co-scripted by Hasford, Michael Herr, and Stanley Kubrick. In 1990, Hasford published the sequel The Phantom Blooper: A Novel of Vietnam. [2] [3] The two books were supposed to be part of a "Vietnam Trilogy", but Hasford died before writing the third installment. [4]
In Dispatches, Michael Herr wrote of Page as the most "extravagant" of the "wigged-out crazies running around Vietnam", due in most respects to the amount of drugs that he enjoyed taking. [8] His unusual personality was part of the inspiration for the character of the journalist played by Dennis Hopper in Apocalypse Now. [9]
Dispatches is a 1977 book. The phrase "thousand yard stare" starting appearing in books in 1945. The phrase "thousand yard stare" starting appearing in books in 1945. While Dispatches may have been a significant book in terms of the Vietnam War and two movies based on it it does not seem significant in terms of the phrase "thousand yard stare."
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