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From February 1967 to March of 1968, Australian journalist Hugh Lunn reported on the war in Vietnam for Reuters. He joined several military missions into the combat zones, learning the terror of jungle warfare from the front lines. Lunn's record of his experiences reveals attitudes to the war from numerous sides-American soldiers, foreigners living in the capital, and Vietnamese, some intrigued by the American presence and some outraged. Throughout Vietnam, Lunn discovers telling signs of how wrongheaded American strategy was and how desperate American journalists were to show the war as progressive.
- Sales Rank: #3222585 in Books
- Color: Other
- Brand: Brand: Cooper Square Press
- Published on: 2001-12-17
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.50" h x .66" w x 5.60" l, .74 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 296 pages
- Used Book in Good Condition
From Publishers Weekly
Australian journalist Lunn arrived in Saigon to cover the Vietnam War for Reuters in 1967 and left shortly after the Tet offensive in 1968. It was during this period that the futility of the American position began to emerge to the outside world, and Lunn here tells how that realization grew among his press colleagues and then spread. Reporters in the capital were given daily handouts by the U.S. military and usually did not deviate from the official line. Those who went to the front, however, developed misgivings as they toured "pacified" areas that were far from secure and suspected that many of the peasants who professed allegiance to Saigon were instead loyal to Hanoi. Exacerbating the problem, the author maintains, was the contempt that many GIs expressed openly toward the Vietnamese, who often returned that sentiment forcefully. Lunn's excellent study also includes an affecting human-interest storythat of Dinh, the Vietnamese factotum in the Reuters office, who finally escaped to Australia. Photos.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Australian journalist Lunn provides a fine memoir of his experiences as a reporter for Reuters news agency, while stationed in Saigon from 1967 to 1968. The most vivid sequence is his account of the 1968 TET offensive, and the hectic and dangerous business of assembling news and dispatching it via telex. He also discusses the role of Australian troops, who operated in areas largely remote from heavy combat. His friendship with Pham Dinh, a Vietnamese fellow reporter from Reuters, adds a nice human dimension to the narrative. No desk-bound journalist, Lunn joined the Marines and the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment on combat missions, and reports quite well the fearful emotions of a journalist armed with a camera instead of a rifle. Recommended. Richard W. Grefrath, Univ. of Nevada Lib., Reno
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
An excellent study. (Publishers Weekly)
A fine memoir....No desk-bound journalist, Lunn [went on] combat missions, and reports quite well the fearful emotions of a journalist armed with a camera instead of a rifle. Recommended. (Library Journal)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
an Australian's view point
By Barbara C. Marrs
Mr. Lunn writes from the Australian of point of view. He explains how the Australian soldiers fought the war with different and better strategy, they had fewer casualties. The US forces used the same strategy as the French did in the 1950's. For what ever reason the US did not learn from the French method.
Mr. Lunn had nothing but praise for the soldiers regardless of which uniform they wore.
Hugh Lunn explained how the military tried to control what was printed. The press had their pass only if they printed what they were told. Toward the end of the war the journalists stopped caring and started to write what they knew was true. Which is the foundation for why the US politician said the press lost the war.
He explained the attitude of the Vietnamese people, and how their culture affected their attitude.
My only complaint is when referring to other journalist he did not name names.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
This Merits a Review
By desertflier
There are countless books on the Viet Nam war - some cover individual battles, many are reminiscences of enlisted men and junior officers, and there is the self-serving fiction of many senior officers. There are also accounts by journalists who never fired a shot and were responsible for no military decision. But they were present and necessarily are excellent writers. Hugh Lunn has an additional qualification - he is an Australian journalist and had no ax to grind. Much of his chronicle occurs in and near the Reuters office in Saigon. He interacts with many people, some very important and others whose individual efforts have little effect on the war's outcome. He attempts to reach the field and witness the most strenuous fighting. He succeeds often enough to encounter a reality at odds with that of the American high command. This presents the challenge of dancing his way around censorship to present his version of the truth. What makes this book outstanding are the observations of an outsider about how Americans made war; even details of the PX are scrutinized. Lunn's take is fascinating, refreshing, and unique. Fortunately Lunn was in country for the Tet Offensive. His return to Australia shortly thereafter destined that offensive to be the crescendo of the book as it was of the war.
In short, this is a wonderful book.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
great read
By Cloggie Downunder
Vietnam: A Reporter's War is the 5th book by Australian journalist and author, Hugh Lunn. In it, Lunn details his year in Vietnam as a reporter for the Reuters agency. With his conversational style, Lunn presents a vast amount of information in an easy-to-assimilate form. His first-hand view of the US military propaganda machine in action, and the alternative sources a reporter might find, makes for interesting reading. He describes the intricacies of reporting from the field, sometimes under fire, and in a third-world country long before the existence of mobile phones, email and the fax machine. His description of the process by which newspapers get their stories from the wire services, who decides which story and which version will go to print, and how vastly this may differ from the facts, is quite a revelation. Other interesting subjects Lunn touches on: the attitude and behaviour of US servicemen towards the Vietnamese (brusque, insulting and completely lacking cultural sensitivity), and how this lost them credibility; the bravery of the troops under fire; the acceptance of 10% mortality due to friendly fire; the impossibility of discerning who was Viet Cong; the laughable tactics the US military used to scare the seasoned Viet Cong guerrillas; the US idea that they could win over the Vietnamese by good works (dams, schools, bridges) whilst at the same time shooting, napalming and defoliating them or their country; the completely ridiculous barrier planned to keep the Viet Cong out of South Vietnam. Some of the statistics were mind-numbing (4000 choppers lost by the end of '67!). The extent to which the US Administration was out of touch with reality on the front was staggering. Lunn's comments on the differences between the American troops (an army of university students) and the Australian Army (well-drilled schoolboys) and their behaviour and tactics was interesting, as was the effect on the complexion of the war of the North's use of Russian weaponry. Lunn's Vietnamese colleague, Dinh, said many insightful things, summing up the war with "...the Viet Cong, they are not afraid to die". This book has moments of laughter and joy, but also moments of drama and sorrow. A great read.
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