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Over three hundred women, both print and broadcast journalists, were accredited to chronicle America’s activities in Vietnam. Many of those women won esteemed prizes for their reporting, including the Pulitzer, the Overseas Press Club Award, the George Polk Award, the National Book Award, and the Bancroft Prize for History. Tragically, several lost their lives covering the war, while others were wounded or taken prisoner. In this gripping narrative, veteran journalist Joyce Hoffmann tells the important yet largely unknown story of a central group of these female journalists, including Dickey Chapelle, Gloria Emerson, Kate Webb, and others. Each has a unique and deeply compelling tale to tell, and vivid portraits of their personal lives and professional triumphs are woven into the controversial details of America’s twenty-year entanglement in Southeast Asia.… (more)
User reviews
It's now been nearly three months since I purchased the book, and I find myself totally unable to finish this dull and boring socio-political study of the Vietnam War!
I wanted first-hand knowledge of what these women went through. What they suffered. What they saw.
I want their experiences!
And so I've closed this book, unable to get more than a little over half-way through it.
Perhaps if Hoffman had written a little more about the actual female experience as a journalist in a war torn country, rather than the politics I would have been able to complete this.
I do give this one star for the great photos of the journalists. But overall, I give it my "thumbs down" award.
Fascinating read that
Came away with a better grasp on the Vietnam war, the consequences, the reason we are skeptical regarding what our government wants us to believe, and the need for a free press.