Once Upon a Distant War
- Authors
- Prochnau, William W.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books/Alfred A. Knopf/Random House, Inc.
- Tags
- journalisten , 1961-1975 , vietnamkrieg , biography , guerre du viet-nam (1961-1975) , neil , pressedokumentation , war , vietnam war , sheehan , halberstam , history , vietnam-oorlog , malcolm w , david , browne
- ISBN
- 9780679772651
- Date
- 1995-11-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.87 MB
- Lang
- en
Includes bibliographical references (p. 518-524) and index;A study of young war correspondents and the early Vietnam battles
Once Upon a Distance War tells the stories of such young Vietnam war correspondents as Neil Sheehan, Peter Arnett, and David Halberstam, providing a riveting chronicle of high adventure and brutal slapstick, gallantry and cynicism, as well as a vital addition to the history they shaped. "Prochnau . . . tells a Vietnam story we haven't heard before. . . . Complex, witty, and humane."--Tobias Wolff. of photos.