Triumph of the Absurd: A Reporter's Love for the Abandoned

Triumph of the Absurd: A Reporter's Love for the Abandoned People of Vietnam, Duc 3rd Edition

Almost half a century ago, a young reporter from Germany arrived in still-glamorous Saigon to cover the Vietnam War over a period of five years.Â
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In this memoir he now tells the story of how he fell in love with the Vietnamese people.Â
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He praises theÂ beauty, eleganceÂ andÂ feistinessÂ of their women. He describes blood-curdling Communist atrocities and fierce combat scenes he had witnessed. He introduces a striking array of characters: heroes, villains, statesmen and spooks, hilarious eccentrics, street urchins and orphans herding water buffalos.Â
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He shows how professional malpractice by U.S. media stars such as Walter Cronkite turned the military victory of American and South Vietnamese forces during the 1968 Tet Offensive into a political defeat. He mourns theÂ countless innocent victimsÂ of the Communist conquest of South Vietnam, which was the grim consequence of its abandonment by the United States. Thus, he argues, the wrong side won.Â
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Finally, with the eyes on Afghanistan, he poses a harrowing question:Â Are democratic societies with their proclivity for self-indulgence politically and psychologically equipped to win a protracted war against a totalitarian foe?
Country USA
Manufacturer NRP Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
Model black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate 2015-01-09
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781945500008

Country	USA
Manufacturer	NRP Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations
Model	black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate	2015-01-09
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781945500008

Triumph of the Absurd: A Reporter's Love for the Abandoned People of Vietnam, Duc 3rd Edition

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