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<A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.politics.org.cia:41799">Intel on Vietnam</A>
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Subject: Intel on Vietnam
From: Ralph McGehee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, Feb 24, 1999 7:45 AM
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A Book Review -- A collection of reporting on Vietnam.
[In 1959] TIME magazine was upbeat about Vietnam: "The presence of the
Americans symbolized one of the main reasons why South Viet Nam, five years
ago a new nation with little life expectancy, is still independent and
free and getting stronger..." 16 years later the public and most of the
American press turned against the war. That was due to the words and
pictures from the correspondents sent to Vietnam. The most remarkable
reporting has been collected in a two-volume compendium called Reporting
Vietnam: American Journalism 1959-1969 and 1969-1975, published by the
(Library of America). The work of 80 journalists, with a sampling of memorable
reportage from the home front. There are stories by the New York Times'
David Halberstam and Neil Sheehan that peel away the optimism of American
officialdom. Or the devastating comparison by Washington Post's Richard
Liarwood of inflated, official battle reports against the accounts of
correspondents on the scene. Reporting Vietnam makes one wonder
at America's ability to sustain the war effort as long as it did, given
the grim news and harsh truths that were being sent home from the front.
Was no one listening? Was the power of the government information machine
so vast as to overcome the real news from Vietnam? Time 11/23/98.
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