Vietnam, Now: A Reporter Returns - Softcover

Lamb, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1586481835 ISBN 13: 9781586481834

Publisher: PublicAffairs, 2003

Synopsis

When he left war-ravaged Vietnam some thirty years ago, journalist David Lamb averred "I didn't care if I ever saw the wretched country again." But in 1997, he found himself living in Hanoi, in charge of the Los Angeles Times's first peacetime bureau and in the midst of a country on the move, as it progresses toward a free-market economy and divorces itself from the restrictive, isolationist policies established at the end of the war. This was a new country in Vietnam, Now , David Lamb brings it- and us- forward from its dark, distant past. From the myriad personalities entwined in the dark, distant history of the war to those focused toward the future, Lamb reveals a rich and culturally diverse people as they share their memories of the country's past, and their hopes for a peacetime future. A portrait of a beautiful country and a remarkable, determined people, Vietnam, Now is a personal journey that will change the way we think of Vietnam, and perhaps the war as well.

About this title

About the Author:

David Lamb is a distinguished Los Angeles Times journalist and five-time author. He has been Nieman fellow, a Pew Fellow, and a writer-in-residence at the University of Southern California's School of Journalism.

About this edition

• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1586481835
• ISBN 13: 9781586481834
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296