Annal:1988 National Book Award for Nonfiction
From AwardAnnals
Results of the National Book Award in the year 1988. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
- 1989 Pulitzer–Nonfiction winner
- 1988 NBA–Nonfiction winner
- Score: 20.39
Sheehan’s tragic biography of John Paul Vann is also a sweeping history of America’s seduction, entrapment and disillusionment in Vietnam.
