Publication Date:March 31, 2010 Availability:Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description This first-ever anthology of the war reporting and commentary of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sydney Schanberg is drawn from the hundreds of articles he has written for the New York Times, Newsday, the Village Voice, and various magazines. The centerpiece of the collection is his signature work, "The Death and Life of Dith Pran" (New York Times Magazine). This article became the foundation of Roland Joffé's acclaimed film The Killing Fields (1984), which explored the Khmer Rouge-led genocide in Cambodia during the late 1970s.
Although Schanberg won the Pulitzer Prize for his work in Cambodia, he also reported on Vietnam in the 1970s, revealing the weakness and corruption of the Saigon regime that Washington tried to prop up. A tenacious advocate for American POWs in Vietnam who were allegedly left behind when the war ended, Schanberg delves into his years-long reporting battle--using various documents that the mainstream press still chooses to ignore--indicating that American soldiers, likely in the hundreds, were left as prisoners in Vietnam and essentially abandoned by their country.
When he became the media critic for the Village Voice, Schanberg offered a unique and searing viewpoint on the current war in Iraq, which he calls America's "strangest war." His criticism of the Bush administration's secrecy brings his war reportage into the present and presents a vigorous critique of what he considers a devious and destructive presidency.
Customer Reviews: Are You Kidding Me?!August 3, 2010 Alexandre Di Lolli(New York NY) 2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Are you kidding me!? This is what the author wrote for the The New York Times about the departure of the Americans and the coming regime change: "it is difficult to imagine how their lives could be anything but better with the Americans gone." The Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia in 1975 and killed approximately two million people. A dispatch he wrote on April 13, 1975, written from Phnom Penh, ran with the headline "Indochina without Americans: for most, a better life."(!!!)
Schanberg then went on to reject claims that the communist takeover of Cambodia could lead to state-sponsored genocide: "Wars nourish brutality and sadism, and sometimes certain people are executed by the victors but it would be tendentious to forecast such abnormal behavior as a national policy under a Communist government once the war is over."
Walter Duranty would have been proud of Schanberg's work!
Great War Reporting StoryJune 14, 2010 T. Dith 5 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is an accurate account story of the war during the Vietnam War that spilled over to Cambodia and Laos. Everybody should read this book if you are interested in it's history and learning about war reporting through journalist experience in the front line.
