Reporting Vietnam, Part Two: American Journalism 1969-1975
Language: English
Published by Library of America, New York, 1998
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- New
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BRILLIANT COMPELLING: NEW First Edition LOA hardcover (Orig. 1998) First Printing: NEW LOA slipcase w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, NEW emerald-green silk-finish rayon-weave Brillianta fabric-over-boards cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & titles & LOA colophon handsomely gold-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE white-on-green LOA-patterned card-stock end-papers, NEW Smyth-sewn binding w/ tight signatures & green & white-checked cloth bands at spine-caps w/ green silk page-marker ribbon bound-in from top, PRISTINE interior printed in remarkably clear 10-point Linotron Galliard on SUPERB Ecusta Nyallite paper * 5.06" x 8.12" x 1.18", 0.62 kg, xii+882 (894) pp / Slip-cased: 5.36" x 8.48" x 1.34", 0.72 kg * CONTENTS: Texts (1-764), Maps (767), Chronology, 1940-1995 (771), Biographical Notes (800), Note on the Texts (811), Notes (817), Glossary (833), Index (839) * 32 pp. insert of b-w portrait photographs of notable participating journalists presented on excellent gloss-laminated paper between pp. 372 & 373 * ABOUT THE BOOK: First published for the 25th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, this unique 2-vol. LOA anthology evokes a turbulent & controversial period in American history & journalism: "Reporting Vietnam, Part Two: American Journalism 1969–1975", along with its companion volume, captures the bravery, fear, cruelty, suffering, anger, & sorrow of a tragic conflict. This 2nd volume traces events from the revelation of the My Lai massacre in 1969 through the fall of Saigon in 1975. Here are Peter Kann on the ambiguities of pacification; Gloria Emerson on the South Vietnamese debacle in Laos; Donald Kirk on declining American morale; Sydney Schanberg on the fall of Phnom Penh & the victory of the Khmer Rouge; Philip Caputo, Keyes Beech, Peter Arnett, & Malcolm Browne on the last days of South Vietnam. Writers who observed the turmoil in the United States are included as well: Francine du Plessis Gray on factions within the protest movement; Michael Kinsley recounting a confrontation between Henry Kissinger & his Harvard colleagues; James Michener meticulously reconstructing the Kent State shootings; Doris Kearns listening to Lyndon Johnson's anguished recollections; Hunter S. Thompson watching veterans protest Richard Nixon's renomination. Included in full is "Dispatches", journalist Michael Herr's acclaimed impressionistic memoir of his immersion in the exhilaration, dread, & sorrow of the Vietnam War. This volume contains a detailed chronology of the war, historical maps, biographical profiles of the journalists, explanatory notes, a glossary of military terms, an index, & a 32-page insert of photographs of the correspondents, many from private collections and never before seen. ** HIGHEST PRAISE: "This splendid collection testifies to the courage, endurance & swallowed anger of an extraordinary group of writers, who, by sharing the agony, earned their right to report it." -John LeCarre * LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, & keeping permanently in print, America's best & most significant writing. The LOA series includes hundreds of authoritative editions averaging 1,000 pages in length, featuring cloth covers, sewn bindings, & ribbon markers, and printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee & internationally via USPS FIRST CLASS AIRMAIL.…
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- Title
- Reporting Vietnam, Part Two: American Journalism 1969-1975
- Author
- Editorial Advisory Board: Milton J. Bates, Lawrence Lichty, Paul L. Miles, Ronad H. Spector, Marilyn Young
- Publisher
- Library of America, New York
- Publication year
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- Dust jacket
- New Slipcase
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1883011590
- ISBN 13
- 9781883011598
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 0.62 kilograms
Reporting Vietnam Part Two: American Journalism 1969-1975, along with its companion volume, captures the bravery, fear, cruelty, suffering, anger, and sorrow of a tragic conflict. This second volume traces events from the revelation of the My Lai massacre in 1969 through the fall of Saigon in 1975. Here are Peter Kann on the ambiguities of pacification; Gloria Emerson on the South Vietnamese debacle in Laos; Donald Kirk on declining American morale; Sydney Schanberg on the fall of Phnom Penh and the victory of the Khmer Rouge; Philip Caputo, Keyes Beech, Peter Arnett, and Malcolm Browne on the last days of South Vietnam.
Writers who observed the turmoil in the United States are included as well: Francine du Plessis Gray on factions within the protest movement; Michael Kinsley recounting a confrontation between Henry Kissinger and his Harvard colleagues; James Michener meticulously reconstructing the Kent State shootings; Doris Kearns listening to Lyndon Johnson's anguished recollections; Hunter S. Thompson watching veterans protest Richard Nixon's renomination.
Included in full is Dispatches, journalist Michael Herr's acclaimed impressionistic memoir of his immersion in the exhilaration, dread, and sorrow of the Vietnam War.
This volume contains a detailed chronology of the war, historical maps, biographical profiles of the journalists, explanatory notes, a glossary of military terms, an index, and a 32-page insert of photographs of the correspondents, many from private collections and never before seen.
LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
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