Two decades after the end of the Indochina War, three celebrated journalists with firsthand knowledge of Vietnam's troubled past remember its rich history, survey its remarkable present and future as Asia's newest economic tiger, and reveal its captivating beauty. 140 color photos. 30 b&w photos.
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Two decades after the end of the Indochina War, three celebrated journalists with firsthand knowledge of Vietnam's troubled past remember its rich history, survey its remarkable present and future as Asia's newest economic tiger, and reveal its captivating beauty. 140 color photos. 30 b&w photos.
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Steve Raymer (Photographer) Very good in Very good jacket. Format is approximately 9.5 inches by 11.25 inches. 192 pages. Illustrations (many in color). Contents include: Introduction by Jack Smith, A Vietnam Journey. City of the Soaring Dragon: Hanoi. Northern Encounters: Halong Bay and Beyond. Cradles of Culture: Hue and Danang: The Emperor's Sporting Grounds: Nha Trang and Dalat. In the Belly of the dragon: Saigon and the South. A Brief History of Vietnam. Chronology. Map. Bibliography. Index. Biographical Notes. Inscribed by the author on the fep. Inscription reads For Marylee--All the best Paul Martin Dec. '97. Two decades after the end of the Indochina War, three celebrated journalists with firsthand knowledge of Vietnam's troubled past remember its rich history, survey its remarkable present and future as Asia's newest economic tiger, and reveal its captivating beauty. Paul Martin started his writing career in 1968 as a U.S. Navy journalist after receiving a B.A. in English from Central Missouri State University. In 1970, he was in Vietnam, covering American and South Vietnamese naval activities. Following his service, he earned an M.A. in journalism at the University of Missouri, and for the next six years he was managing editor of the monthly medical journal Continuing Education for the Family Physician. In 1979, Martin joined the staff of the National Geographic Society, where he has been an editor of World magazine and written or edited over a dozen books. Since 1989, Martin has been managing editor of National Geographic Traveler, four time winner of the Folio: Editorial Excellence Award for best travel magazine. Steve Raymer, a National Geographic magazine photographer for more than two decades, is a professor of journalism at Indiana University in Bloomington. He's also on the faculty of the University's Russian and East European Institute. Raymer earned B.S. and M.A. degrees at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and studied Soviet and Russian affairs at Stanford University as John S. Knight Journalism Fellow. As an Army public affairs officer from 1967 to 1969, Raymer escorted correspondents covering the Vietnam War. He joined the staff of National Geographic in 1972, launching a career that has taken him to over 80 nations. Raymer's photographs have illustrated some 30 National Geographic articles and numerous Society books. Raymer was named Magazine Photographer of the Year in 1976 by the National Press Photographers Association and received a citation for excellence in foreign reporting from the Overseas Press Club in 1981. He's a four time first-prize winner of the White House News Photographers' Association photo contest. Jack Smith was a Washington-based reporter for ABC News who retired in 2000 after covering the White House and government agencies and starting the technology beat. Mr. Smith was the son of the late broadcaster Howard K. Smith, one of the famed CBS correspondents who worked closely with Edward R. Murrow during World War II. He was a 1971 history graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, went to work for ABC as an intern and then did graduate work in history at Oxford University. Jack Smith spent his early adulthood in the Army, serving in one of the earliest and bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War-the fight for Ia Drang Valley. Jack Smith joined ABC in the mid-1970s. As a Paris correspondent, he covered the invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam War and the Iran hostage crisis. He joined the Washington bureau in 1980 and contributed to "World News Tonight" and "Nightline." He was a principal correspondent for "This Week With David Brinkley" and a White House and State Department correspondent for "Good Morning America." On the technology beat, he focused on developments in Silicon Valley. Over the years, he hosted shows for A&E network's "Biography" series and for the Learning Channel, notably its six-part documentary "Vietnam: the Soldiers' Story, " in which he incorporated his own experiences in the war. He saw...
