Two Cities by Neil Sheehan
In 1989, nearly 15 years after the end of the Vietnam War, the author returned to Vietnam. This book is an account of that trip. Visiting Hanoi for the first time, he talks to the soldiers and politicians who won the war and catalogues the fruits of victor: a continuing American trade embargo; crumbling hotels and govemment buildings, vestiges of the city's French colonial past; a ragged economy, and omnipresent shabbiness and squalor. In Saigon he is deluged with memories as he tracks down former acquaintances, ponders the transition from American-fed boomtown to vanquished backwater, and tries to piece together how people who fought for the South have fared under the rule of their former enemies. Filled with insight, emotion and brilliant reportage, this book is a shattering portrait of a country still reeling from the effects of American intervention.A Fiery Peace in a Cold War is written by Neil Sheehan. He worked as a war correspondent for United Press International and The New York Times in Vietnam for three years, winning multiple accolades for his work. He got the Pentagon Papers in 1971, earning the Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for distinguished public service to The New York Times. In 1988, he won the National Book Award for A Brilliant Shining Lie, and in 1989, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction. In the year 2021, he passed away.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780330328487 |
| ISBN 10 | 0330328484 |
| Title | Two Cities |
| Author | Neil Sheehan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 1994-08-12 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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