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ISBN
9781945500008
Book Title
Triumph of the Absurd : a Reporter's Love for the Abandoned People of Vietnam
Publisher
New Reformation Publications
Item Length
9 in
Edition
3
Publication Year
2015
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.6 in
Author
Uwe Siemon-Netto
Genre
Travel, History
Topic
Special Interest / Adventure, World
Item Weight
13.9 Oz
Item Width
6 in
Number of Pages
288 Pages
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Publisher
New Reformation Publications
ISBN-10
194550000X
ISBN-13
9781945500008
eBay Product ID (ePID)
14038689837

Product Key Features

Edition
3
Book Title
Triumph of the Absurd : a Reporter's Love for the Abandoned People of Vietnam
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Topic
Special Interest / Adventure, World
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, History
Author
Uwe Siemon-Netto
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
13.9 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2015-937843
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
959.7043
Synopsis
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. In this memoir he now tells the story of how he fell in love with the Vietnamese people. He praises the beauty, elegance and feistiness of their women. He describes blood-curdling Communist atrocities..., 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. In this memoir he now tells the story of how he fell in love with the Vietnamese people. He praises the beauty, elegance and feistiness 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. 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 the countless innocent victims 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. Finally, with the eyes on Afghanistan, he poses a harrowing question: Are democratic societies with their proclivity for self-indulgence politically and psychologically equipped to win a protracted war against a totalitarian foe?
LC Classification Number
PN5213.S553A3 2015

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