REVIEW: History of Vietnam War places correspondent roles in broader setting

Vietnam: An epic tragedy 1945-1975, by Max Hastings. London: William Collins. 2018. 722 pages. ISBN 978-0-00-813298-9 WHEN SAIGON fell, 44 years ago on 30 April 1975, a number of journalists, photographers and cameramen were there to witness the final humiliation of the United States. Journalist J...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:bd8d6232f07a4aed9408b42f1dff04ee2021-12-02T08:16:26ZREVIEW: History of Vietnam War places correspondent roles in broader setting10.24135/pjr.v25i1and2.4961023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/bd8d6232f07a4aed9408b42f1dff04ee2019-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/496https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 Vietnam: An epic tragedy 1945-1975, by Max Hastings. London: William Collins. 2018. 722 pages. ISBN 978-0-00-813298-9 WHEN SAIGON fell, 44 years ago on 30 April 1975, a number of journalists, photographers and cameramen were there to witness the final humiliation of the United States. Journalist John Pilger and cameraman Neil Davis, both Australians, were there to see the North Vietnamese Army take the city, as was New Zealander Peter Arnett, among others. Pilger’s slim volume about those events, The Last Day, is a classic. Davis survived Saigon, but filmed his own death while covering an attempted coup in Bangkok in 1987. Philip CassAsia Pacific NetworkarticleBook reviewReviewsVietnamVietnam WarWar CorrespondentsCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 25, Iss 1&2 (2019)
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topic Book review
Reviews
Vietnam
Vietnam War
War Correspondents
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
spellingShingle Book review
Reviews
Vietnam
Vietnam War
War Correspondents
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
Philip Cass
REVIEW: History of Vietnam War places correspondent roles in broader setting
description Vietnam: An epic tragedy 1945-1975, by Max Hastings. London: William Collins. 2018. 722 pages. ISBN 978-0-00-813298-9 WHEN SAIGON fell, 44 years ago on 30 April 1975, a number of journalists, photographers and cameramen were there to witness the final humiliation of the United States. Journalist John Pilger and cameraman Neil Davis, both Australians, were there to see the North Vietnamese Army take the city, as was New Zealander Peter Arnett, among others. Pilger’s slim volume about those events, The Last Day, is a classic. Davis survived Saigon, but filmed his own death while covering an attempted coup in Bangkok in 1987.
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