Summary Of A Rumor Of War By Philip Caputo

In the memoir, A Rumor of War, Philip Caputo is able to capture the essence of those individuals involved in the Vietnam War. The memoir does not paint a typical war-like scenery, but engross the readers with descriptive imagery of the private war Caputo and many other soldiers experience while serving their time at combat. Caputo is able to render first hand descriptive experience of the effect war has on “ordinary people”. He is able to disclose the role each individual plays among the mass of soldiers and officers. Caputo war experience gives him the advantage to personally and emotionally account for the harshness these soldiers had to face. While it is a memoir of Caputo’s personal experiences, the book gives a gist of the human consciousness,