Live from the Battlefield

by Peter Arnett

Overview

From his controversial coverage of Vietnam, which incurred the wrath of President Johnson but won him a Pulitzer Prize, to his unforgettable and daring on-the-ground reporting of the Gulf War during one of the greatest airborne assaults in history, Peter Arnett has established himself as the leading voice of American war reportage. In Live from the Battlefield, one of the most highly celebrated journalistic memoirs ever written, Peter Arnett gives us an engrossing account of the Vietnam era, as well as an indispensable portrait of battlefield reporting.

Live from the Battlefield captures the adventures, gambles, and glories that have marked this master journalist's life with a vividness and intelligence rare in any memoir. But more than that, Arnett provides an insider's view of some of the greatest and most tragic events of the century in a book of singular and enduring importance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780684800363
Publisher:	Touchstone
Publication date:	01/01/1995
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	464
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.44(h) x 1.10(d)

Editorial Reviews

Arnett provides listeners with highlights from his recently released memoirs ( LJ 1/94) in this audio adaptation. He tells of his rise from local reporter for a Wellington, New Zealand, daily to editor/publisher of a Southeast Asia weekly, to wire service stringer in Vietnam, to his extraordinary role as live, onscreen commentator for CNN from Baghdad during the Gulf War; in short the highs, lows, and behind-the-scenes of Arnett's factual reporting from the battlegrounds of the world. This well-produced program has the added attraction of being read by the author. Generally, Arnett's reading serves to re-create the original immediacies and urgencies from his articles and broadcasts over the past 35 years. Throughout, this is a story of personal and journalistic integrity of interest to the general listener. Highly recommended.-- Cliff Glaviano, Bowling Green State Univ. Libs., Ohio

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